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MedTerm Test#3
Ch. 8-10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| erythrocyte | red blood cell |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| thrombocytes | platelets |
| coagul/o | coagulate |
| hem/o, hemat/o, | blood |
| hemolysis | blood break down |
| hematology | the study of blood |
| cyt/o | cell |
| lymphocyte | lymph cell |
| leuk/o | white |
| leukocytosis | white cell condition |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| phlebotomy | incision into the vein |
| -emia | blood condition |
| splen/o | spleen |
| -penia | deficiency |
| hemorrhage | excessive blood loss |
| hepatosplenomegaly | enlarged liver and spleen |
| hyperlipidemia | over fat blood condition |
| hypervolemia | over volume of blood condition |
| laparosplenectomy | spleen removed through the abdomen |
| tonsillectomy | tonsil removal |
| cardi/o | heart |
| sept/o | septum |
| septoplasty | repair of the septum |
| coron/o | "crown" blood vessels that supply the heart with blood |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriosclerosis | hardening of the artery |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of the artery due to fatty plaque |
| angiosclerosis | hardening of a vessel |
| occlusion | blockage of passage |
| myocardium | heart muscle |
| pericardium | sac around the heart |
| bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| tachycardia | fast heart rate |
| embolism | traveling clot |
| ischemia | low blood condition |
| thrombus | clot |
| hypotension | under stretch condition, low BP |
| myocardial infarction | MI damage of the heart muscle due to lack of blood flow |
| myocardial ischemia | blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| HTN | Hypertension |
| vasodilator | medication used to relax or expand the blood vessel |
| CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| tracheostomy | creation of an opening in the windpipe |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | air or lungs |
| bronch/o | bronchus-branches from the trachea |
| alveol/o | part of the lower respiratory system means "hollow" or "cavity" |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| bradypnea | slow breathing |
| spirometry | procedure to measure breathing |
| pulmonary neoplasm | new growth in the lung |
| pneumohemothorax | air and blood in the thoracic cavity |
| expectorant | medicine (agent) to remove mucus from the chest |
Created by:
jrmayo
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