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AMT CV WP
Term | Definition |
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angio | vessel/duct |
-ogram | written record/image of |
-otomy | incision into |
-plasty | surgical repair |
fatty plaque | athero |
hardening of | -sclero |
condition | -osis |
cardio | heart |
myo | muscle |
enlargement of | -megaly |
-rrhexis | rupture |
pneumo | lung/air |
-itis | inflammation of |
puncture to remove fluid | -centesis |
around | peri/circum |
within | endo |
-um | tissue |
blue | cyano |
to limp | claudico |
removal of | -ectomy |
process if measuring | -metry |
-meter | instrument used to measure |
Sound | echo/sono |
to hold back | ischo |
-emia | blood/abnormal blood condition |
fat | lipido |
excessive | hyper |
rapid | oxy |
oxygen | oxi |
throbbing | palpito |
vein | veno/phlebo |
stetho | chest |
thoraco | chest |
pecto | chest |
narrowing of | steno |
clot | thrombo |
-cyte | cell |
cyto | cell |
deficient amount | -penia |
pan | all every |
to turn | verso |
throwing in/plug | embolo |
vaso | vessel |
-spasm | involuntary contraction |
pressure | tenso |