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HIM Chp 9
Cardiovascular System – Heart
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a- | (absence of, without) |
| bi- | (two) |
| brady- | (slow) |
| dys- | (bad, abnormal, painful, difficult) |
| epi- | (on, upon, over) |
| endo- | (within, in) |
| hypo- | (below, deficient) |
| hyper- | (above, excessive) |
| inter- | (between) |
| pan- | (all, total) |
| peri- | (surrounding, around) |
| poly- | (excessive, over, many) |
| tachy- | (fast, rapid) |
| tri- | (three) |
| angi/o | (vessel) |
| ather/o | (yellowish, fatty plaque) |
| arteri/o | (artery) |
| atri/o | (atrium) |
| cardi/o/ | (heart) |
| coron/o | (crown or circle, heart) |
| ech/o | (sound) |
| electr/o | (electricity) |
| isch/o | (deficiency, blockage) |
| my/o , myos/o | (muscle) |
| symptomat/o | (symptom) |
| thromb/o | (clot) |
| valv/o , valvul/o , vas/o | (valve) |
| ven/o | (vein) |
| ventricul/o | (ventricle) |
| -ac , -al , -ar , -ic , -ous | (pertaining to) |
| -ade | (process of) |
| -apheresis | (removal) |
| -centesis | (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid) |
| -dynia | (pain) |
| -ectomy | (excision, surgical removal) |
| -emia | (condition of blood) |
| -genic | (producing, originating, causing) |
| -gia | (pain) |
| -gram | (record, radiographic image) |
| -graph | (instrument used to record) |
| -graphy | (process of recording, radiographic imaging) |
| -ia | (condition of, diseased state, abnormal state) |
| -ion | (process) |
| -itis | (inflammation) |
| -lysis | (loosening, dissolution, separating) |
| -megaly | (enlarged, enlargement) |
| -logist | (specialist, physician who studies and treats) |
| -oma | (tumor) |
| -osis | (abnormal condition) |
| -pathy | (disease) |
| -penia | (abnormal reduction in number) |
| -pexy | (surgical fixation, suspension) |
| -plasty | (surgical repair) |
| -poiesis | (formation) |
| -sclerosis | (hardening) |
| -scope | (instrument used to view) |
| -scopy | (process of viewing) |
| -stasis | (stop, stopping, controlling) |
| -stenosis | (narrowing, constriction) |
| -tomy | (cut into, incision) |
| asymptomatic (ā-simp-tŏ-MAT-ik) | a/symptomat/ic pertaining to without symptoms |
| atherosclerosis (ath-ĕ-rō-sklĕ-RŌ-sĭs) | ather/o/scler/osis a hardening of the arteries that involves the accumulation of plaque |
| atrioventricular (ā-trē-ō-ven-TRIK-yŭ-lăr) | atr/o/ventricul/ar pertaining to the atrium and ventricle |
| bradycardia (brād-i-KARD-ē-ă) | brady/card/ia condition of slow heart (rate) |
| cardiac (KĂR-dē-ăk) | cardi/ac pertaining to the heart |
| cardiogenic (kăr-dē-ō-JĔN-ĭk) | cardi/o/genic originating in the heart |
| cardiologist (kăr-dē-ŎL-ō-jĭst) | cardi/o/logist A physician who studies and treats diseases of the heart |
| cardiology (kăr-dē-ŏl′ō-jē) | cardi/o/logy study of the heart |
| cardiomegaly (kăr-dē-ō-MĔG-ă-lē) | cardi/o/megaly enlarged heart |
| cardiomyopathy (kard-ē-ō-mī-OP-ă-thē) | cardi/o/my/o/pathy disease of the heart muscle |
| echocardiogram (ECHO) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm) | ech/o/cardi/o/gram a record (using) sound of the heart |
| electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm) | electr/o/cardi/o/gram a record of electrical (activity) of the heart |
| electrocardiograph (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăf) | electr/o/cardi/o/graph instrument used to record the electrical (activity) of the heart |
| electrocardiography (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ŎG-ră-fē) | electr/o/cardi/o/graphy process of recording the electrical (activity) of the heart |
| endocarditis (en-dō-kar-DĪT-is) | end/o/card/itis Inflammation of the inner (lining) of the heart |
| myocarditis (mī-ŏ-kar-DĪT-ĭs) | my/o/card/itis inflammation of the muscle of the heart |
| pericardiocentesis (per-i-kard-ē-ō-sen-TĒ-sĭs) | peri/cardi/o/centesis Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the (sac) surrounding the heart |
| pericarditis (per-ĭ-kar-DĪT-ĭs) | peri/card/itis inflammation of the (sac) surrounding the heart |
| tachycardia (tak-ē-KARD-ē-ă) | tachy/card/ia condition of fast/rapid heart (rate) |
| valvulitis (val-vyŭ-LĪT-ĭs) | valvul/itis inflammation of a valve |
| valvuloplasty (VAL-vyŭ-lō-plas-tē) | valvul/o/plasty surgical repair of a valve |
| aneurysm (AN-yŭ-rizm) | localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel |
| arrhythmia (ā-RITH-mē-ă) | deviation in the normal pattern (rhythmn) of a heart beat |
| auscultation (os-kŭl-TĀ-shŏn) | listening to a patient's heart sounds |
| 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 |
| congenital (kŏn-JĔN-ĭ-tăl) | present at birth |
| diaphoresis (dī-ă-fŏ-RĒ-sĭs) | profuse (excessive) sweating |
| diastole (dī-AS-tŏ-lē) | Phase in the cardiac cycle where heart muscles relax allowing the chambers to fill with blood. |
| occlude (ŏ-KLOOD) | block or close tightly |
| myocardial infarction (MI) (mī-ŏ-kar′dē-ăl in-FARK-shŏn) | heart attack, caused by lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart |
| sphygmomanometer (sfĭg-mō-măn-ŎM-ĕt-ĕr) | instrument used to measure blood pressure |
| stethoscope (STETH-ŏ-skōp) | An instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds |
| syncope (SING-kŏ-pē) | brief lapse in consciousness (faint) |
| systole (SIS-tŏ-lē) | Phase in cardiac cycle when ventricles contract and eject blood |
| ACS | (acute coronary syndrome) |
| AED | (automated external defibrillator) |
| AFib | (atrial fibrillation) |
| AI | (aortic insufficiency) |
| AS | (aortic stenosis) |
| ASD | (atrial septal defect) |
| ASHD | (arteriosclerotic heart disease) |
| AV | (atrioventricular) |
| BP | (blood pressure) |
| BPM | (beats per minute) |
| CABG | (coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | (coronary artery disease) |
| CCU | (coronary care unit, cardiac care unit) |
| CHD | (coronary heart disease; chronic heart disease) |
| CHF | (congestive heart failure) |
| CPR | (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) |
| DVT | (deep vein thrombosis) |
| ECG, EKG | (electrocardiogram) |
| ECHO | (echocardiogram) |
| HF | (Heart Failure) |
| HHD | (hypertensive heart disease) |
| HTN | (hypertension) |
| HR | (heart rate) |
| ICD | (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) |
| IV | (intravenous) |
| MI | (Myocardial Infarction) |
| PAD | (peripheral artery disease) |
| PTCA | (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) |
| SPECT | (single-photon emission computed tomography) |
| TEE | (transesophageal echocardiogram) |
| VSD | (ventricular septal defect) |
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