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| Hypertension | High Blood Pressure
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| Hypotension | Low Blood Pressure
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| Auscultation | Listening to sounds within body by using stethoscope
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| Palpitations | Pounding, racing heartbeat
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| Murmur | Abnormal heart sound
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| Stethoscope | Instrument for listening to body sounds, such as chest, heart, or intestines
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| Plaque | Yellow, fatty deposit of lipids in artery
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| Stent | Stainless steel tube placed within blood vessel or duct to widen lumen
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| Holter Monitor | Portable ECG monitor worn by patient for a period of a few hours to a few days to assess heart and pulse activity as person goes through activities of daily living
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| Cardioverter | Shocking someone
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| Bradycardia | Slow heart
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| Tachycardia | Fast heart
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| Angina Pectoris | Severe chest pain with sensation of constriction around heart
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| Congestive Heart Failure | Pathological condition of heart in which there is reduced outflow of blood from left side of heart; results in weakness, breathlessness, and edema
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| Coronary Artery Disease | Insufficient blood supply to heart muscle due to obstruction of one or more coronary arteries
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| Cardiac Arrest | When heart stops beating and circulation ceases
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| Bundle Branch Block | Occurs when electrical impulse is blocked from traveling down bundle of His or bundle branches; results in ventricles beating at a different rate than atria; also called heart block
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| Heart Valve Prolapse | Cusps or flaps of heart valve are too loose and fail to shut tightly, allowing blood to flow backwards through valve when heart Chambers contract; most commonly occurs in mitral valve, but may affect any of heart valves
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| Stenosis | An abnormal narrowing or contraction of a duct or canal
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| Thrombus | Blood clot
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| Embolus | Obstruction of blood vessel by blood clot that moves from another area
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| Fibrillation | Abnormal quivering or contractions of heart fibers
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| Aneurysm | Weakness in wall of artery that results in localized widening of artery
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| Lymphnodes | Small organs in lymphatic system that filters bacteria and other foreign organisms from body fluids
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| Axillary | Armpits
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| Inguinal | Groin
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| Cervical | Neck
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| Mediastinal | Chest
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| Septicemia | Having bacteria in blood stream
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| Leukemia | Cancer of WBC-forming bone marrow; results in large number of abnormal WBCs circulating in blood
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| Hemophilia | Hereditary blood disease in which there is a prolonged blood clotting time
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| Thalassemia | Genetic disorder in which person is unable to make functioning hemoglobin; results in anemia
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| -penia | Abnormal decrease, too few
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| -cytosis | More than the normal number of cells
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| -poiesis | Formation
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| -pexy | Surgical fixation
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| -otomy | Cutting into
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| -plasty | Surgical repair
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| -ectomy | Surgical removal
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| Hemostasis | To stop bleeding or stagnation of circulating blood
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| Coagulate | Convert liquid to gel or solid, as in blood coagulation
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| Polycythemia vera | Production of too many red blood cells in bone marrow
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| Hemologous transfusion | Replacement of blood by transfusion of blood received from another person
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| Autologous transfusion | Procedure for collecting and storing a patient's own blood several weeks prior to the actual need
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| Anaphylactic shock | Life threatening condition resulting from ingestion of food or medications that produce severe allergic response
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| Antihistamine | Substance that acts to control allergic symptoms by counteracting histamine
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| Thrombolytic | Able to dissolve existing blood clots
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| C&S | Culture and sensitivity
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| Hematocrit | Blood test to measure volume of red blood cells within total volume of blood
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| Pro time (PT) | Measurement of time it takes for sample of blood to coagulate
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| CSD | Congenital septal defect
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| Bpm | Beats per minute
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| HTN | Hypertension
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| BP | Blood pressure
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| GVHD | Graft versus host disease
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| PCP | Pneumocystis pneumonia
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| KS | Kaposi's sarcoma
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| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent essay
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| Endocardium | The inner layer of the heart
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| Myocardium | Muscular middle layer of the heart
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| Epicardium | The outer layer of the heart
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| Sinoatrial node | Pacemaker
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| Pulmonary artery | Large artery that carries deoxygenated blood from right ventricle to lung
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| Pulmonary vein | Large vein that returns oxygenated blood from lungs to let atrium
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| Aorta | Largest artery in body; located in mediastinum and carries oxygenated blood away from left side of heart
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| Vena cava | The large vein that drains directly into the heart after gathering incoming blood from the entire body
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| Arterial | Pertaining to artery
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| Arteriole | Smallest branch of arteries; carries blood to capillaries
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| Venule | Smallest veins; received deoxygenated blood leaving capillaries
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| Cardiomegaly | Abnormally enlarged heart
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| Myocardial | Pertaining to heart muscle
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| Hemorrhage | Blood flow, escape of blood from a blood vessel
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| Leukocyte | White blood cell
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| Erythrocyte | Red blood cell
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| Throbocyte | Also called platelets; play critical part in blood-clotting process by agglutinating into small clusters and releasing thrombokinase
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| Splenomegaly | Enlargement of spleen
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| AB blood | Universal recipient
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| O blood | Universal donor
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