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Cardiovascular Syste

Word Parts

TermDefinition
angi / o blood or lymph vessel
aort / o aorta
arteri / o artery
ather / o plaque, fatty substance
brady slow
cardi / o heart
crasia mixture or blending
emia blood, blood condition
erythr / o red
hem / o hemat / o blood, relating to the blood
leuk/o white
phleb/o vein
tachy fast, rapid
thromb/o clot
ven/o vein
vascul blood vessels
ar pertaining to
peri surrounding
-um singular noun ending
epi upon
my/o muscle
endo within
-ic pertaining to
cytes cells
globin protein
ologist specialist
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
megaly enlargement
itis inflammation
pathy disease
a- without
-ia abnormal condition
oma tumor
-osis abnormal condition, disease
-us singular noun
-ary pertaining to
embol something inserted
-ism condition
dys bad
-crasia mixture or blending
chromat color
penia deficiency
cyt/o cell
rrhage bleeding
hyper excessive
lipid fat
an- without, less than
plast growth
-ic pertaining to
megalo large
blast immature
lytic destroy
graphy process of recording a picture or record
electr/o electric
gram picture or record
re- again
stenosis narrowing
ectomy surgical removal
stasis stopping or controlling
A-fib atrial fibrillation
AED automated external defibrillator
card cath, CC cardiac catheterization
CVI chronic venous insufficiency
CABG coronary artery bypass graft
CAD coronary artery disease
EKG ECG electrocardiogram
HTN hypertention
ICD implantable cardioverter defibrillator
MI myocardial infarction
PAD peripheral artery disease
PVD peripheral vascular disease
TST thallium stress test
tPA tissue plasminogen activator (use caution to avoid confusion with other drug abbreviations)
V-fib ventricular fibrillation
Created by: tbharris
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