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Cardiovascular
chabner medical terminology - short course
Question | Answer |
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-algia | pain |
-emia | blood condition |
-ia | condition, disease |
-itis | inflamation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | condiditon, abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-rrhea | flow, discharge |
-rrhage | bursting forth, of blood |
-rrhagia | bursting forth, of blood |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-uria | urine condition |
-al- | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-ic | pertaining to |
-centesis | surgical puncture |
-ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
-plasty | surgical repair, surgical correction |
-scopy | process or visual examination |
-stomy | opening |
-therapy | treatment |
-tomy | incision, to cut into |
-tome | to cut |
-graph | to record |
-scope | to visualize |
-meter | to measure |
-metry | measurement |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | heart |
phleb/o | vein |
ven/o | vein |
venul/o | venule |
lymph/o | lymph fluid |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
splen/o | spleen |
thym/o | thymus gland |
HDL | high-density lipoprotiens |
LDL | low-density lipoprotiens |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MUGA scan | imaging of heart motion |
PET scan | positron emission tomography |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
PCI | percutaneous coronary intervention |
ELISA | enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
CT scan | Computed tomography |