Cardiovascular System – Heart
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| a- | (absence of, without)
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| bi- | (two)
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| brady- | (slow)
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| dys- | (bad, abnormal, painful, difficult)
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| epi- | (on, upon, over)
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| endo- | (within, in)
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| hypo- | (below, deficient)
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| hyper- | (above, excessive)
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| inter- | (between)
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| pan- | (all, total)
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| peri- | (surrounding, around)
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| poly- | (excessive, over, many)
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| tachy- | (fast, rapid)
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| tri- | (three)
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| angi/o | (vessel)
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| ather/o | (yellowish, fatty plaque)
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| arteri/o | (artery)
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| atri/o | (atrium)
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| cardi/o/ | (heart)
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| coron/o | (crown or circle, heart)
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| ech/o | (sound)
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| electr/o | (electricity)
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| isch/o | (deficiency, blockage)
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| my/o , myos/o | (muscle)
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| symptomat/o | (symptom)
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| thromb/o | (clot)
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| valv/o , valvul/o , vas/o | (valve)
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| ven/o | (vein)
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| ventricul/o | (ventricle)
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| -ac , -al , -ar , -ic , -ous | (pertaining to)
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| -ade | (process of)
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| -apheresis | (removal)
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| -centesis | (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid)
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| -dynia | (pain)
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| -ectomy | (excision, surgical removal)
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| -emia | (condition of blood)
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| -genic | (producing, originating, causing)
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| -gia | (pain)
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| -gram | (record, radiographic image)
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| -graph | (instrument used to record)
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| -graphy | (process of recording, radiographic imaging)
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| -ia | (condition of, diseased state, abnormal state)
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| -ion | (process)
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| -itis | (inflammation)
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| -lysis | (loosening, dissolution, separating)
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| -megaly | (enlarged, enlargement)
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| -logist | (specialist, physician who studies and treats)
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| -oma | (tumor)
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| -osis | (abnormal condition)
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| -pathy | (disease)
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| -penia | (abnormal reduction in number)
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| -pexy | (surgical fixation, suspension)
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| -plasty | (surgical repair)
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| -poiesis | (formation)
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| -sclerosis | (hardening)
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| -scope | (instrument used to view)
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| -scopy | (process of viewing)
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| -stasis | (stop, stopping, controlling)
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| -stenosis | (narrowing, constriction)
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| -tomy | (cut into, incision)
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| asymptomatic (ā-simp-tŏ-MAT-ik) | a/symptomat/ic
pertaining to without symptoms
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| atherosclerosis (ath-ĕ-rō-sklĕ-RŌ-sĭs) | ather/o/scler/osis
a hardening of the arteries that involves the accumulation of plaque
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| atrioventricular (ā-trē-ō-ven-TRIK-yŭ-lăr) | atr/o/ventricul/ar
pertaining to the atrium and ventricle
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| bradycardia (brād-i-KARD-ē-ă) | brady/card/ia
condition of slow heart (rate)
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| cardiac (KĂR-dē-ăk) | cardi/ac
pertaining to the heart
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| cardiogenic (kăr-dē-ō-JĔN-ĭk) | cardi/o/genic
originating in the heart
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| cardiologist (kăr-dē-ŎL-ō-jĭst) | cardi/o/logist
A physician who studies and treats diseases of the heart
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| cardiology (kăr-dē-ŏl′ō-jē) | cardi/o/logy
study of the heart
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| cardiomegaly (kăr-dē-ō-MĔG-ă-lē) | cardi/o/megaly
enlarged heart
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| cardiomyopathy (kard-ē-ō-mī-OP-ă-thē) | cardi/o/my/o/pathy
disease of the heart muscle
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| echocardiogram (ECHO) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm) | ech/o/cardi/o/gram
a record (using) sound of the heart
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| electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm) | electr/o/cardi/o/gram
a record of electrical (activity) of the heart
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| electrocardiograph (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăf) | electr/o/cardi/o/graph
instrument used to record the electrical (activity) of the heart
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| electrocardiography (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ŎG-ră-fē) | electr/o/cardi/o/graphy
process of recording the electrical (activity) of the heart
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| endocarditis (en-dō-kar-DĪT-is) | end/o/card/itis
Inflammation of the inner (lining) of the heart
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| myocarditis (mī-ŏ-kar-DĪT-ĭs) | my/o/card/itis
inflammation of the muscle of the heart
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| pericardiocentesis (per-i-kard-ē-ō-sen-TĒ-sĭs) | peri/cardi/o/centesis
Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the (sac) surrounding the heart
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| pericarditis (per-ĭ-kar-DĪT-ĭs) | peri/card/itis
inflammation of the (sac) surrounding the heart
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| tachycardia (tak-ē-KARD-ē-ă) | tachy/card/ia
condition of fast/rapid heart (rate)
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| valvulitis (val-vyŭ-LĪT-ĭs) | valvul/itis
inflammation of a valve
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| valvuloplasty (VAL-vyŭ-lō-plas-tē) | valvul/o/plasty
surgical repair of a valve
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| aneurysm (AN-yŭ-rizm) | localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel
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| arrhythmia (ā-RITH-mē-ă) | deviation in the normal pattern (rhythmn) of a heart beat
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| auscultation (os-kŭl-TĀ-shŏn) | listening to a patient's heart sounds
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| bruit (brwē) | abnormal blowing, swishing heart sound heard on auscultation, which is present when there is a narrowing of an artery and risk for stroke
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| congenital (kŏn-JĔN-ĭ-tăl) | present at birth
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| diaphoresis (dī-ă-fŏ-RĒ-sĭs) | profuse (excessive) sweating
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| diastole (dī-AS-tŏ-lē) | Phase in the cardiac cycle where heart muscles relax allowing the chambers to fill with blood.
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| occlude (ŏ-KLOOD) | block or close tightly
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| myocardial infarction (MI) (mī-ŏ-kar′dē-ăl in-FARK-shŏn) | heart attack, caused by lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart
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| sphygmomanometer (sfĭg-mō-măn-ŎM-ĕt-ĕr) | instrument used to measure blood pressure
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| stethoscope (STETH-ŏ-skōp) | An instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds
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| syncope (SING-kŏ-pē) | brief lapse in consciousness (faint)
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| systole (SIS-tŏ-lē) | Phase in cardiac cycle when ventricles contract and eject blood
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| ACS | (acute coronary syndrome)
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| AED | (automated external defibrillator)
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| AFib | (atrial fibrillation)
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| AI | (aortic insufficiency)
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| AS | (aortic stenosis)
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| ASD | (atrial septal defect)
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| ASHD | (arteriosclerotic heart disease)
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| AV | (atrioventricular)
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| BP | (blood pressure)
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| BPM | (beats per minute)
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| CABG | (coronary artery bypass graft
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| CAD | (coronary artery disease)
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| CCU | (coronary care unit, cardiac care unit)
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| CHD | (coronary heart disease; chronic heart disease)
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| CHF | (congestive heart failure)
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| CPR | (cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
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| DVT | (deep vein thrombosis)
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| ECG, EKG | (electrocardiogram)
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| ECHO | (echocardiogram)
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| HF | (Heart Failure)
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| HHD | (hypertensive heart disease)
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| HTN | (hypertension)
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| HR | (heart rate)
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| ICD | (implantable cardioverter defibrillator)
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| IV | (intravenous)
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| MI | (Myocardial Infarction)
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| PAD | (peripheral artery disease)
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| PTCA | (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
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| SPECT | (single-photon emission computed tomography)
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| TEE | (transesophageal echocardiogram)
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| VSD | (ventricular septal defect)
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