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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tachycardia | tacy ( fast ) cardia (heart condition) fast heart rate |
| bradycardia | brady(slow ) cardia(heart condition) slow heart rate |
| endocarditis | endo(within) card(heart) itis(inflammation) inflammation of the inner heart lining |
| pericarditis | peri(around) card (heart) itis(inflammation) inflammation of the sac around the heart |
| angioplasty | angi/o(vessel) plasty (surgical repair) surgical repair of blood vessel |
| myocarditis | my/o(muscle) card(heart) itis(inflmmation) inflammation of the heart muscle |
| electrocardiogram | electe/o(electricity) cardio(heart) gram(record) record of the hearts electricity |
| thrombophlebitis | thromb/o(clot) pleb(vein) itis(inflammation) inflammation of a vein with a clot |
| arteriosclerosis | arteri/o (artery) sclerosis(hardening) hardening of arteries |
| pericardiocentesis | peri(around) cardio(heart) centesis(puncture to remove fluid) puncture to remove fluid from the pericardium |
| atherosclerosis | ather(fatty substance) sclerosis(hardening) hardening of artery due to plaque |
| angiography | angio(vessel) graphy( process of recording ) process of recording vessel images |
| interventricular | inter(between) ventricul(ventricle) ar(pertaining to ) between the ventricles |
| intrvascular | intra(within) vascul(vessel) ar (pertaining to) within blood vessel |
| cardionyopathy | cardio(heart) myo( muscle) pathy( disease) disease of the heart muscle |