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Mrs B Med Term 9 CF
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anastom | opening |
| ang, ang/i, angi/o | vessel |
| angin | to choke |
| arter, arter/i, arteri/o | artery |
| ather, ather/o | fatty substance, porridge |
| arti, atri/o | atrium |
| auscultat | listen to |
| card, card/i, cardi/o | heart |
| chol, chole, chol/e | gall, bile |
| circulat | circular |
| claudicate | to limp |
| corpor, corpor/e | body |
| cyan | dark blue |
| dilat | to widen |
| dynam | power |
| echo/o | echo |
| electro/o | electricity |
| embol | to cast, throw |
| fibrillat | fibrils (small fibers) |
| gluc/o, glyc | sweet, sugar |
| hem, hem/o, hemat, hemat/o | blood |
| infarct | nectrosis (death) of an area |
| isch | to hold back |
| lipid, lip, lip/o | fat |
| lun | moon |
| man/o | thin |
| mitr | mitral valve |
| occlus | to shut up |
| ox, ox/i | oxygen |
| oxy | sour, sharp, acid |
| palpitat | throbbing |
| pector | chest |
| phleb, phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | sound |
| pulm, pulmon, pulmonar, pulmon/o | lung |
| rrhyth, rrhythm | rhythm |
| sin/o | curve |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| sten | narrowing |
| sterol | solid (fat) |
| steth, steth/o | chest |
| strict | to tighten, contraction |
| tens | tension |
| thromb, thromb/o | clot |
| ton | tone, tension |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas, vas/o | vessel |
| vascul | small vessel |
| ven, ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| vers | turning |