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Medical Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angi/o | Blood or lymph vessels |
| Aortr/o | Aorta |
| Arteri/o | Artery |
| Arther/o | Plaque, Fatty Substances |
| Brady- | Slow |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Coron/o | Coronary, Crown |
| -emia | Blood, Blood condition |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Hem/o, hemat/o | Blood, Relating to the blood |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Tachy- | Fast, Rapid |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Ven/o | Vein |
| Aneurysm | A located wiak spot ot balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery. |
| Angina | Severe episodes of spasmodic choking og suffocating chest pain caused by an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart muscle |
| Antiarrhythmic | Medication administered to control irregularitites of the heartbeat. |
| Anticoagulant | Medication administered to slow blood clotting and to prevent new clots from forming; also known as a thrombolytic. |
| Antihypertensive | Medication administered to lower high blood pressure. |
| Anemia, Aplastic | A marked absence of all formed blood elements. |
| Arrhythmia | An irregularity or the loss of normal rhythm of the heartbeat; also known as dysrhythmia. |
| Arteritis | Inflammation of an artery or arteries. |
| Atheroma | Fatty deposit within the wall of an artery. |
| Atherosclerosis | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques. |
| Bradycardia | An abnormally slow heartbeat. |
| Cardiac Catheterization | Placement of a catheter through a vein or artery and into the heart. |
| Cholesterol | Lipids that travel in the blood in packages called lipoproteins |
| Defibrillation | The use of electric shock to restore the heart's normal rhythem |
| Diastolic | Which occurs when the ventricles are relaxed, is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
| Electrocardiogram | A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
| Embolism | Blocked vessel by an embolus. |
| Fibrillation | Rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart |
| Hemoglobin | A blood test that measures the average blood glucose level over the previous three to four months |
| Hemostasis | To control bleeding |
| Hypoperfusion | A deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part. |
| Ischemia | Deficiency in blood supply due to either the constriction or the obstruction of a blood vessel. |
| Palpitation | An examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts. |
| Plaque | A solid raised area of skin that is different form the area around it and greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. |
| Systolic | Which occurs when the ventricles contract, is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
| Tachycardia | An abnormally fast heartbeat. |