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99CNM Med Terms 6
Question | Answer |
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algesia | sense of pain |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
cardiac arrest | stopped heart |
dactyl/o | fingers |
defibrillation | heart shocked to a regular heartbeat |
embolism | obstruction of a blood vessel |
embolus | foreign particle in the bloodstream |
esthesia | feeling, sensation |
fibrillation | very fast, irregular heartbeat |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
phas/o | speech |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation |
thrombosis | bloodclot occluding a vessel |
thrombus | a blood clot |
a- | absent |
an- | without |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
-emia | blood |
macro- | large |
micro- | small, very small |
poly- | many |
sym- | together |
syn- | together |
-orrhexis | rupture, bursting apart |
-tripsy | rubbing, crushing |