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week 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pre | before |
| post | after |
| peri | around |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| neo | new |
| re | again |
| a | withoout |
| non | not |
| anti | against |
| de | down |
| dis | apart |
| cyan | blue |
| erythr | red |
| leuk | while |
| ab | toward |
| meso | middle |
| para | beside |
| super | above |
| meta | beyond |
| auto | self |
| hetero | different |
| homo | same |
| macro | large |
| micro | small |
| megal | enlarged |
| iso | equal |
| mal | bad;poor |
| pseudo | false |
| dys | difficult |
| pro | before;forward |
| circum | around |
| contra | against |
| ecto | outside |
| extra | outside;beyond |
| in-/im- | in;into |
| mono | one |
| di | two |
| tri | three |
| quadri | four |
| centi | one hundreth |
| multi | many |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| ectomy | surgical removal or excision |
| graphy | process of recording |
| graph | instrument used to record data |
| meter | instrument used for measuring |
| metry | process of measuring |
| opsy | to view |
| pexy | surgical fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair/reconstruction of |
| scopy | visual examination of |
| stormy | creation of an opening |
| tomy | incision or cutting into |
| valve | valvul/o |
| atrium | atri/o |
| septum | sept/o |
| ventricle | ventricul/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| vessel | angi/o |
| aorta | aort/o |
| artery | arteri/o |
| fatty plaque | ather/o |
| vein | phleb/o |
| endocardium | tissue lining inside of heart |
| epicardium | tissue lining the outside of your heart |
| pericardium | tissue around the heart |
| bradycardia | slow heart |
| BP | blood pressure |
| ASD | ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT |
| A-fib | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
| AAA | ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSIM |
| tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
| murmur | abnormal heart sound |
| cyanosis | bluish appreance to skin |