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Med Terms 6, 7, 8
Medical terminology for chapters 6, 7, 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| electro | electric; electricity |
| endo | within; inner |
| myo | muscle |
| phlebo | vein |
| thrombo | clot |
| veno | vein |
| brady | slow |
| tachy | fast |
| poly | many |
| instrument to record | graph |
| process of recording | graphy |
| record; picture | gram |
| megaly | large; enlarged |
| pathy | disease |
| hardening | sclerosis |
| pacemaker | Sinoatrial (SA) Node |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| graphic record of the electrical activity of the heart | electrocardiogram (EKG) |
| surgical repair of a heart valve | valvoplasty |
| BP | blood pressure |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| PAC | premature atrial contraction |
| PVC | premature ventricular contraction |
| RHD | rheumatic heart disease |
| vessel | angio |
| cyto | cell |
| red | erythro |
| blood | hemo; hemato |
| leuko | white |
| lympho | lymph |
| to eat | phago |
| spleno | spleen |
| thymo | thymus |
| tonsillo | tonsils |
| mono | one |
| emia | blood condition |
| tumor | oma |
| osis | condition |
| deficiency in quantity or quality of blood | anemia |
| any abnormal blood condition | dycrasia |
| embolism | obstruction of vessel by a foreign substance or blood clot |
| hemorrhage | excessive blood loss, internal or external |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrom |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| DIC | disseminated intravascular coagulation |
| MCV | mean corpuscular volume |
| PA | pernicious anemia |
| WBC | white blood cells; white blood cell count |
| broncho; bronchi | bronchus |
| laryngo | larynx |
| naso | nose |
| pharyngo | pharynx |
| pneumo | lung; air |
| rhino | nose |
| tracheo | trachea (wind pipe) |
| eu | normal |
| pnea | breathing |
| HCt | Hematocrit |