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Cardiovascular System – Heart

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Definition
show (absence of, without)  
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show (two)  
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brady-   show
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dys-   show
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epi-   show
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show (within, in)  
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hypo-   show
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hyper-   show
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inter-   show
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pan-   show
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show (surrounding, around)  
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poly-   show
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show (fast, rapid)  
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tri-   show
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show (vessel)  
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ather/o   show
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arteri/o   show
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show (atrium)  
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cardi/o/   show
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coron/o   show
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ech/o   show
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show (electricity)  
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isch/o   show
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show (muscle)  
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show (symptom)  
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show (clot)  
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show (valve)  
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ven/o   show
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ventricul/o   show
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show (pertaining to)  
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show (process of)  
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-apheresis   show
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show (surgical puncture to aspirate fluid)  
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show (pain)  
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-ectomy   show
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show (condition of blood)  
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-genic   show
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show (pain)  
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-gram   show
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show (instrument used to record)  
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show (process of recording, radiographic imaging)  
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-ia   show
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show (process)  
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-itis   show
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-lysis   show
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-megaly   show
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show (specialist, physician who studies and treats)  
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-oma   show
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show (abnormal condition)  
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show (disease)  
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show (abnormal reduction in number)  
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-pexy   show
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show (surgical repair)  
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-poiesis   show
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-sclerosis   show
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show (instrument used to view)  
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-scopy   show
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show (stop, stopping, controlling)  
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-stenosis   show
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show (cut into, incision)  
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asymptomatic (ā-simp-tŏ-MAT-ik)   show
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show ather/o/scler/osis a hardening of the arteries that involves the accumulation of plaque  
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show atr/o/ventricul/ar pertaining to the atrium and ventricle  
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bradycardia (brād-i-KARD-ē-ă)   show
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show cardi/ac pertaining to the heart  
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cardiogenic (kăr-dē-ō-JĔN-ĭk)   show
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cardiologist (kăr-dē-ŎL-ō-jĭst)   show
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cardiology (kăr-dē-ŏl′ō-jē)   show
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cardiomegaly (kăr-dē-ō-MĔG-ă-lē)   show
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cardiomyopathy (kard-ē-ō-mī-OP-ă-thē)   show
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echocardiogram (ECHO) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm)   show
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electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) (ē-lĕk-trō-KĂR-dē-ō-grăm)   show
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show electr/o/cardi/o/graph instrument used to record the electrical (activity) of the heart  
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show electr/o/cardi/o/graphy process of recording the electrical (activity) of the heart  
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show end/o/card/itis Inflammation of the inner (lining) of the heart  
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show my/o/card/itis inflammation of the muscle of the heart  
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show peri/cardi/o/centesis Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the (sac) surrounding the heart  
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show peri/card/itis inflammation of the (sac) surrounding the heart  
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tachycardia (tak-ē-KARD-ē-ă)   show
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valvulitis (val-vyŭ-LĪT-ĭs)   show
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valvuloplasty (VAL-vyŭ-lō-plas-tē)   show
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show localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel  
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arrhythmia (ā-RITH-mē-ă)   show
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show listening to a patient's heart sounds  
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show abnormal blowing, swishing heart sound heard on auscultation, which is present when there is a narrowing of an artery and risk for stroke  
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congenital (kŏn-JĔN-ĭ-tăl)   show
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diaphoresis (dī-ă-fŏ-RĒ-sĭs)   show
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show Phase in the cardiac cycle where heart muscles relax allowing the chambers to fill with blood.  
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occlude (ŏ-KLOOD)   show
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show heart attack, caused by lack of blood flow and oxygen to the heart  
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show instrument used to measure blood pressure  
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show An instrument used to hear heart and lung sounds  
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syncope (SING-kŏ-pē)   show
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show Phase in cardiac cycle when ventricles contract and eject blood  
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ACS   show
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AED   show
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AFib   show
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AI   show
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AS   show
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ASD   show
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show (arteriosclerotic heart disease)  
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AV   show
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show (blood pressure)  
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show (beats per minute)  
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show (coronary artery bypass graft  
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show (coronary artery disease)  
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CCU   show
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CHD   show
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show (congestive heart failure)  
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CPR   show
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show (deep vein thrombosis)  
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ECG, EKG   show
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show (echocardiogram)  
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show (Heart Failure)  
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show (hypertensive heart disease)  
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HTN   show
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show (heart rate)  
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ICD   show
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show (intravenous)  
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show (Myocardial Infarction)  
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PAD   show
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PTCA   show
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SPECT   show
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show (transesophageal echocardiogram)  
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show (ventricular septal defect)  
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