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Med Term Test
Med Term Test Ross Medical
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sphgmomanometer | Instrument used to measure blood pressure |
| Hypertension | High Blood pressure |
| Hypotension | Low blood pressure |
| Constrict | To draw together; constrict |
| Dilat | To expand; widen |
| Ech | Sound |
| Pan | all |
| angi | blood vessel |
| plasty | surgical repair; surgical reconstruction |
| Arteri | artery |
| sclerosis | hardening on the arteries due to the loss of elasticity in the arterial wall |
| stenosis | narrowing of an artery |
| ather | fatty debris |
| oma | mass; tumor |
| cardi | heart |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| graph | instrument used to record |
| pathy | disease |
| itis | inflammation |
| coron/o | crown |
| ary | pertaining to |
| Embol/o | plug |
| us | condition; thing |
| isch/o | hold back |
| emia | blood condition |
| my/o | muscle |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| thromb/o | clot |
| Rhythm/o | Rhythm |
| ia | state of; condition; process |
| an | no; not |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Vas/o | Vessel |
| Brady | slow |
| Tachy | fast |