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Medical Term
Question | Answer |
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Angi/o | Blood or lymph vessels |
Aortr/o | Aorta |
Arteri/o | Artery |
Arther/o | Plaque, Fatty Substances |
Brady- | Slow |
Cardi/o | Heart |
Coron/o | Coronary, Crown |
-emia | Blood, Blood condition |
Erythr/o | Red |
Hem/o, hemat/o | Blood, Relating to the blood |
Leuk/o | White |
Phleb/o | Vein |
Tachy- | Fast, Rapid |
Thromb/o | Clot |
Ven/o | Vein |
Aneurysm | A located wiak spot ot balloon-like enlargement of the wall of an artery. |
Angina | Severe episodes of spasmodic choking og suffocating chest pain caused by an insufficient supply of oxygen to the heart muscle |
Antiarrhythmic | Medication administered to control irregularitites of the heartbeat. |
Anticoagulant | Medication administered to slow blood clotting and to prevent new clots from forming; also known as a thrombolytic. |
Antihypertensive | Medication administered to lower high blood pressure. |
Anemia, Aplastic | A marked absence of all formed blood elements. |
Arrhythmia | An irregularity or the loss of normal rhythm of the heartbeat; also known as dysrhythmia. |
Arteritis | Inflammation of an artery or arteries. |
Atheroma | Fatty deposit within the wall of an artery. |
Atherosclerosis | Hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to a buildup of cholesterol plaques. |
Bradycardia | An abnormally slow heartbeat. |
Cardiac Catheterization | Placement of a catheter through a vein or artery and into the heart. |
Cholesterol | Lipids that travel in the blood in packages called lipoproteins |
Defibrillation | The use of electric shock to restore the heart's normal rhythem |
Diastolic | Which occurs when the ventricles are relaxed, is the lowest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
Electrocardiogram | A record of the electrical activity of the myocardium |
Embolism | Blocked vessel by an embolus. |
Fibrillation | Rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart |
Hemoglobin | A blood test that measures the average blood glucose level over the previous three to four months |
Hemostasis | To control bleeding |
Hypoperfusion | A deficiency of blood passing through an organ or body part. |
Ischemia | Deficiency in blood supply due to either the constriction or the obstruction of a blood vessel. |
Palpitation | An examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts. |
Plaque | A solid raised area of skin that is different form the area around it and greater than 0.5 cm in diameter. |
Systolic | Which occurs when the ventricles contract, is the highest pressure against the walls of the blood vessels. |
Tachycardia | An abnormally fast heartbeat. |