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cardiovascular
common terminology (pharmacy)
| term | meaning |
|---|---|
| aneur/ism | widening in a blood vessel |
| angi/o/plasty | surgical repair of vessel |
| aort/o/sten/osis | narrowing of the aorta |
| arteri/o/sclerosis | hardening of the artery |
| brady/card/ia | abnormally slow heart rate |
| cardi/o/my/o/pathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| electr/o/cardi/o/graph | graph of electrical activity of the heart |
| embol/ism | obstruction in blood flow |
| endo/card/itis | inflammation inside the heart muscle |
| leuk/o/cyte | white blood cell |
| peri/card/ium | tissue around the heart |
| phleb/itis | inflammation of a vein |
| tachy/card/ia | abnormally rapid heart rate |
| thromb/osis | blood clots in the vascular system |
| vas/o/con/stric/tion | narrowing of blood vessels |
| ven/o/stasis | standing blood in vain |