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Chapter 5: Cardiology Medical Terminology

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abdomen/o-   abdomen  
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ablat/o-   take away; destroy  
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anastom/o-   create an opening between two structures  
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aneurysm/o-   aneurysm (dilation)  
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angi/o-   blood vessel; lymphatic vessel  
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angin/o-   angina  
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aort/o-   aorta  
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apic/o-   apex (tip)  
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arter/o-   artery  
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arteri/o-   artery  
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arteriol/o-   arteriole  
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ather/o-   soft, fatty substance  
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atheromat/o-   fatty deposit or mass  
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atri/o-   atrium (upper heart chamber)  
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auscult/o-   listening  
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axill/o-   axilla (armpit)  
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brachi/o-   arm  
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capill/o-   hairlike structure; capillary  
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card/i-   heart  
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cardi/o-   heart  
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carot/o-   stupor; sleep  
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catheter/o-   catheter  
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cholesterol/o-   cholesterol  
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circulat/o-   movement in a circular route  
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claudicat/o-   limping pain  
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clav/o-   clavicle (collar bone)  
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coagul/o-   clotting  
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coarct/o-   pressed together  
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compens/o-   counterbalance; compensate  
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conduct/o-   carrying; conveying  
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congest/o-   accumulation of fluid  
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constrict/o-   drawn together; narrowed  
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contract/o-   pull together  
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coron/o-   structure that encircles like a crown  
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cusp/o-   projection; point  
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cutane/o-   skin  
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diastol/o-   dilating  
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dilat/o-   dilate; widen  
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dissect/o-   to cut apart  
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ech/o-   echo (sound wave)  
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ectop/o-   outside of a place  
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electr/o-   electricity  
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esophag/o-   esophagus  
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femor/o-   femur (thigh bone)  
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fibrill/o-   muscle fiber; nerve fiber  
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fract/o-   break up  
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fus/o-   pouring  
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gemin/o-   set or group  
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idi/o-   unknown; individual  
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infarct/o-   area of dead tissue  
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ili/o-   ilium (hip bone)  
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isch/o-   keep back; block  
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jugul/o-   jugular (throat)  
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log/o-   study of  
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lipid/o-   lipid (fat)  
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lumin/o-   lumen (opening)  
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ly/o-   break down; destroy  
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man/o-   thin; frenzy  
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mediastin/o-   mediastinum  
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mitr/o-   structure like a miter (tall at with two points)  
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my/o-   muscle  
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necr/o-   dead cells, tissue, or body  
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nucle/o-   nucleus (of an atom)  
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occlus/o-   close against  
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palpit/o-   to throb  
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pariet/o-   wall of a cavity  
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path/o-   disease; suffering  
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pat/o-   to be open  
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peripher/o-   outer aspects  
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perone/o-   fibula (lower leg bone)  
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pharmac/o-   medicine; drug  
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phleb/o-   vein  
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physi/o-   physical function  
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polar/o-   positive or negative state  
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poplite/o-   back of the knee  
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port/o-   point of entry  
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prosthet/o-   artificial part  
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pulmon/o-   lung  
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radi/o-   radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation  
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regurgitat/o-   flow backward  
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ren/o-   kidney  
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rheumat/o-   watery discharge  
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rrhythm/o-   rhythm  
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saphen/o-   clearly visible  
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scler/o-   hard; sclera (white of the eye)  
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sept/o-   septum (dividing wall)  
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sin/o-   hollow cavity; channel  
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son/o-   sound  
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sphygm/o-   pulse  
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stat/o-   standing still; staying in one place  
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sten/o-   narrowness; constriction  
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steth/o-   chest  
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system/o-   the body as a whole  
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systol/o-   contracting  
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tampon/o-   stop up  
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techn/o-   technical skill  
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tele/o-   distance  
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tens/o-   pressure; tension  
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theli/o-   cellular layer  
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thorac/o-   thorax (chest)  
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thromb/o-   thrombus (blood clot)  
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tibi/o-   tibia (shin bone)  
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transplant/o-   move something to another place  
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triglyceride/o-   triglyceride  
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uln/o-   ulna (forearm bone)  
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ur/o-   urine; urinary system  
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valv/o-   valve  
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valvul/o-   valve  
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varic/o-   varix; varicose vein  
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vascul/o-   blood vessel  
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vas/o-   blood vessel; vas deferens  
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vegitat/o-   growth  
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ven/o-   vein  
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ventricul/o-   ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber in the brain)  
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vers/o-   to travel; to turn  
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viscer/o-   large internal organs  
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xen/o-   foreign  
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-ac, -al, -ant, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ent, -etic, -ian, -ic, -ive, -ous, -tic   pertaining to  
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-ade   action; process  
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-ated   pertaining to a condition; composed of  
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-ation   a process; being or having  
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-ator   a person or thing that produces or does  
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-ature   system composed of  
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-centesis   procedure to puncture  
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-ectomy   surgical excision  
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-emia   condition of the blood; substance in the blood  
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-graft   tissue for implant or transplant  
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-gram   a record or picture  
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-graphy   process of recording  
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-ia   condition; state; thing  
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-id   resembling; source or origin  
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-ide   chemically modified structure  
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-in   a substance  
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-ing   doing  
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-ion   action; condition  
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-itis   inflammation of; infection of  
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-ization   the process of making, creating, or inserting  
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-logy   the study of  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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-metry   process of measuring  
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-ole   small thing  
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-oma   tumor; mass  
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-ory   having the function of  
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-ose   full of  
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-osis   condition; abnormal condition; process  
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-pathy   disease; suffering  
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-plasty   process of reshaping by surgery  
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-scope   instrument used to examine  
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-systole   contraction  
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-therapy   treatment  
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-tome   instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges  
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-trophy   process of development  
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-ule   small thing  
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-um   a structure; period of time  
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a-   away from; without  
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anti-   against  
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bi-   two  
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brady-   slow  
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de-   reversal of; without  
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dys-   painful; difficult; abnormal  
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endo-   innermost; within  
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epi-   upon; above  
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extra-   outside of  
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hyper-   above; more than normal  
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hypo-   below; deficient  
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ortho-   straight  
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per-   through; throughout  
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peri-   around  
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re-   again and again; backward; unable to  
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sub-   below: underneath; less than  
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supra-   above  
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tachy-   fast  
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tetra-   four  
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trans-   across; through  
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tri-   three  
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ultra-   beyond; higher  
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aneurysm   area of dilation and weakness in the wall of an artery  
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angina pectoris   mild-to-severe chest pain caused by ischemia of the myocardium  
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aorta   the largest artery in the body  
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apex   the inferior tip of the heart  
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artery   large blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the body  
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atrium (singular of atria)   each of small upper chambers of the heart  
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bigeminy   a repeating pattern of one normal heart contraction followed by one premature contraction  
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bruit   a harsh, rushing sound made by blood passing through an artery narrowed and roughened by atherosclerosis  
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bundle of His   part of the conduction system of the heart after the AV node which splits into right and left bundle branches  
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cor pulmonale   the enlargement of the right ventricle from lung disease  
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cordae tendineae   ropelike connective tissues attached to heart valve leaflets  
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diastole   the resting period between contractions of the heart  
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donor   one used as a source of biological material (as blood or an organ)  
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ductus arteriosus   temporary, small blood vessel in the fetal heart connecting the pulmonary trunk to the aorta, and should close within 24 hours after birth  
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edema   swelling in the tissue  
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foramen ovale   temporary, oval-shaped opening in interatrial septum of fetal heart, should close within 24 hours after birth  
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intima   (also endothelium) smooth inner layer of blood vessels that promotes flow of blood  
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lumen   a central opening within a blood vessel through which blood flows  
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mediastinum   an irregularly shaped central area of the chest between the lungs  
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murmur   abnormal heart sound created by turbulence as blood leaks through a defective heart valve  
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node   a discrete mass of one kind of tissue enclosed in tissue of a different kind  
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paroxysmal   a sudden attack or spasm (as of a disease) or a sudden recurrence of symptoms or an intensification of existing symptoms  
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photon   another name for a gamma ray  
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plaque   an atherosclerotic lesion  
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prolapse   the sinking or falling down of an organ or part, esp the womb  
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pulse   a regularly recurrent wave of distension in arteries that results from the progress through an artery of blood injected into the arterial system at each contraction of the ventricles of the heart  
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Purkinje   a network of nerves in the heart  
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Raynaud’s disease   sudden, severe vasoconstriction and spasm of the arterioles in the fingers and toes, often from cold or emotional upset  
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septum   a central wall in the heart dividing the right and left sides  
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subacute   falling between acute and chronic in character  
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systole   a contraction of the heart  
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trigeminy   a repeating pattern of two normal heart contractions followed by one premature contraction  
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valve   structure that opens and closes to control the flow of blood  
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vein   large blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart from the body or lungs  
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vena cava   the two (superior and inferior) major veins of the body  
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ventricle   each large lower chamber of the heart (also chamber in the brain)  
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