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Med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angin/o | to choke |
| angi/o | vessel |
| -graphy | recording |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| arteri/o, arter/o | artery |
| scler/o | hardening |
| -itis | inflammation |
| ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of the arteries |
| Atherosclerosis | condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on the inner walls of the arteries |
| brady- | slow |
| cardi/o | heart |
| -logy | study of |
| -ist | one who specializes |
| -megaly | enlargement, large |
| my/o | muscle |
| -pathy | disease |
| pulmonary | lung |
| -emia | blood condition |
| isch/o | to hold back to choke |
| ischemia | an inadequate blood supply to an organ or part of the body, especially the heart muscle |
| aneurysm | ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall |
| hem/o | blood |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lipid/o | fat |
| dys- | difficult, abnormal |
| electr/o | electricity |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| corpor/e | body |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, below |
| infarct/o | area of dead tissue, deprived of oxygen |
| -metry | measurement |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phelbotomy | opening of a vein to diminish the blood supply |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| man/o | thin |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| tachy- | rapid |
| sphygmomanometer | instrument to measure blood pressure |
| thromb/o | clot of blood |
| embol/o | a throwing in. a plug |
| ven/o | vein |
| vas/o | vessel |
| -puncture | to pierce |
| venipuncture | puncture of a vein to remove blood, instill a medication, or start an intravenous infusion |
| AED | automated external defibrillator |
| AMI MI | acute myocardial infraction aka heart attack |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| HTN | high blood pressure (hypertension) |
| EKG/ECG | electrocardiogram |
| Myocardium | muscular, middle layer of the heart |
| endocardium | inner lining of the heart |
| Pericardium | Double-layered membrane/sac surrounding the heart. |
| Hypertension | high blood pressure |
| Brachial | pertaining to the upper arm |
| Systole | contraction phase of the heartbeat |
| Diastole | relaxation phase of the heartbeat |
| tricuspid valve | valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle |
| mitral valve | valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle; aka bicuspid valve |
| blood pressure | the pressure that is exerted by the blood against the walls of blood vessels. |
| pulmonary valve | valve positioned between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery |
| aortic valve | heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta aka semilunar |
| arrhythmia | Abnormal/irregular heart rhythm |
| embolism | Obstruction/blockage of a blood vessel by a clot of blood or foreign substance |
| thrombosis | abnormal condition of a blood clot |
| electrocardiography | process of recording the electrical activity of the heart |
| Arteries | Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart |
| Veins | Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart |
| man/o | thin |
| -meter | measure |
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