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Ch 5
Med Term Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| nos/o | disease |
| orth/o | straight |
| rheumat/o | low, fluid |
| acute myocardial ischemia | Sudden decrease in blood flow to the heart muscle. |
| angina | Sharp pain in the chest resulting from a decrease in blood supply to heart muscle. Also called angina pectoris |
| antiarrhythmic | Pertaining to a drug that works against or prevents abnormal heartbeats (arrhythmias). |
| anticoagulant | Drug that prevents clotting (coagulation). Anticoagulants are given when there is danger of clot formation in blood vessels, as may happen after a heart attack. |
| coronary angiogram | X-ray record of blood vessels surrounding the heart. |
| diuretic | Drug that causes kidneys to allow more fluid (as urine) to leave the body. Diuretics remove fluid from the blood and are used to treat HYPERTENSION. DI- (from DIA-) means complete, and UR- means urine. |
| myocardial infarction | Death of tissue in heart muscle; also known as a heart attack or an MI. |
| nitroglycerin | Drug that relaxes muscle and opens blood vessels. |
| ventricular arrhythmias | abnormal heart rhythms that make the lower chambers of your heart twitch instead of pump. |
| dysmenorrhea | Painful menstrual flow. |
| leiomyomas | Benign tumor derived from smooth (involuntary or visceral) muscle, most often of the uterus (leiomyoma uteri). LEIOMY/O- means smooth muscle. |
| menorrhagia | Normal discharge of blood and tissue from the uterine lining during MENSTRUATION. |
| dysuria | Painful or difficult urination. |
| lithotripsy | Process of crushing a stone in the urinary tract using ultrasonic vibrations. Also called extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL). |
| renal calculus | Kidney stones (also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) |
| ureter | One of two tubes that lead from the kidney to the urinary bladder. |
| hematemesis | the vomiting of blood. |
| mediastinal | Pertaining to the MEDIASTINUM |
| posteroanterior | From back to front |
| polydipsia | Excessive thirst. |
| polyuria | Excessive urination. |
| arteriovenous fistula | An abnormal communication between an artery and a vein. It can also be created surgically to provide access for hemodialysis. |
| vasoconstrictor | Drug that narrows blood vessels, especially small arteries. |
| Dyspnea | Painful (DYS-) (labored, difficult) breathing |
| Mediastinum | Space between the lungs in the chest. The mediastinum contains the heart, large blood vessels, trachea, esophagus, thymus gland, and lymph nodes. |
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