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medical terms and abbr
Question | Answer |
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-pathy | disease |
-megaly | large, enlarged |
tachy | fast |
poly | many |
brady | slow |
ven/o | vein |
arteri/o | artery |
tachycardia | abnormally rapid heartbeat |
endocarditis | inflammation of the inner layer of the heart wall |
hypertension | elevated blood pressure on arterial walls |
phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
electrocardiogram | graphic record of the electrical activity and contractions of the heart |
valvoplasty | surgical repair of a heart valve |
arteriogram | an x-ray of an artery |
BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
PVC | PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION |
ERYTHR/O | RED |
HEM/O, HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
SPLEN/O | SPLEEN |
THROMB/O | CLOT, THROMBUS |
-EMIA | BLOOD CONDITION |
ANEMIA | DEFICIENCY IN THE QUANTITY OR QUALITY OF BLOOD |
DYSCRASIA | ANY ABNORMAL CONDITION OF BLOOD |
LEUKOPENIA | DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LEUKOCYTES |
LYMPHOMA | A TUMOR OF THE LYMPH TISSUE, USUALLY MALIGNANT |
TONSILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSILS |
CBC | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
DIC | DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION |
HCT | HEMATOCRIT |
MCV | MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME |
WBC | WHITE BLOOD CELL, WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT |
CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT |