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cH 11 CARDIOSYSTEM
CARDIOVASCULAR
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ARTHEROMA | FATTY SUBSTANCE TUMOR/GROWTH |
| ATRIAL | PERTAINING TO THE ATRIUM |
| INTERATRIAL | PERTAINING TO BETWEEN THE ATRIA |
| CARDIAC | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
| BRADYCARDIA | STATE OF SLOW HEART BEATS |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | RECORD OF HEART ELECTRICITY |
| CARDIOMEGALY | ENLARGE HEART |
| MYOCARDIAL | PERTAINING TO THE HEART MUSCLE |
| CARDIOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN THE HEART SYSTEM |
| CARDIORRHEXIS | RUPTURED HEART |
| TACHYCARDIA | STATE OF FAST HEARTBEAT |
| CORONARY | PERTAINING TO THE HEART |
| PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN |
| VALVOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A VALVE |
| VALVULITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VALVE |
| VALVULAR | PERTAINING TO A VALVE |
| VASCULAR | PERTAINING TO A BLOOD VESSEL |
| VENOUS | PERTAINING TO A VEIN |
| VENUE | SMALL VEIN |
| VENOGRAM | RECORD OF A VEIN |
| VENTRICULAR | PERTAINING TO A VENTRICLE |
| INTERVENTRICULAR | PERTAINING TO BETWEEN THE VENTRICLES |
| MURMUR** | ABNORMAL HEART SOUND SUCH AS A SOFT BLOWING SOUND OR HARSH CLICK |
| ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION** | SUDDEN DROP IN BLOOD PRESSURE A PERSON EXPERIENCES WHEN STANDING UP SUDDENLY |
| PALPITATIONS** | POUNDING, RACING HEARTBEATS |
| PLAGUE** | A YELLOW FATTY DEPOSIT OF LIPIDS IN AN ARTERY. A hallmark sign of atherosclerosis |
| REGURGITATION** | TO FLOW BACKWARDS, IN THE CARDIO SYSTEM THIS REFERS TO THE BACK FLOW OF FLOOD |
| SPHYGMOMANOMETER** | INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE |
| STENT** | A STAINLESS STEEL TUBE PLACED WITHIN A BLOOD VESSEL OR A DUCT TO WIDEN THE LUMEN |
| STETHOSCOPE** | INSTRUMENT FOR LISTENING TO BODY SOUNDS SUCH AS THE CHEST, HEART , OR INTESTINES |
| ANGIOGRAM | RECORD OF A VESSEL |
| ANGIITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VESSEL |
| ANGIOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A VESSEL |
| ANGIOSPASM | INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTRACTION OF A VESSEL |
| ANGIOSTENOSIS | NARROWING OF A VESSEL |
| AORTIC | PERTAINING TO THE AORTA |
| ARTERIAL | PERTAINING TO THE ARTERY |
| ARTERIOLE | SMALL ARTERY |
| ARTERIORRHEXIS | RUPTURED ARTERY |
| ATHERECTOMY | REMOVAL OF FATTY SUBSTANCE |
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