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Ch 8 Cardio
Set one terminology
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Medical
11th Grade
05/31/2011

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Term
aneurysm/o
Definition
a widening, a widened blood vessel
Term
-rrhaphy
Definition
suture, surgical closure
Term
angio/o
Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Term
-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
Term
vascul/o
Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Term
aort/o
Definition
aorta
Term
-stenosis
Definition
narrowing, stricture
Term
arteri/o
Definition
artery
Term
-rrhexis
Definition
rupture
Term
arteriol/o
Definition
arteriole
Term
atri/o
Definition
atrium
Term
ather/o
Definition
fatty plaque
Term
cardi/o
Definition
heart
Term
electr/o
Definition
electricity
Term
embol/o
Definition
plug
Term
hemangi/o
Definition
blood vessel
Term
my/o
Definition
muscle
Term
phleb/o
Definition
vein
Term
-ectasis
Definition
dilation, expansion
Term
varicosity
Definition
dilation of a vein
Term
ven/o
Definition
vein
Term
-stasis
Definition
slow moving, standing still
Term
scler/o
Definition

hardening; sclera

(white of eye)

Term
-osis
Definition
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
Term
sept/o
Definition
septum
Term
-stomy
Definition
surgical opening
Term
-oid
Definition
resembling
Term
sten/o
Definition
narrowing, stricture
Term
thromb/o
Definition
blood clot
Term
-lysis
Definition
separation, destruction, loosening
Term
ventricul/o
Definition
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
Term
-gram
Definition
record, writing
Term
-graph
Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
Definition
process of recording
Term
-sphyxia
Definition
pulse
Term
extra-
Definition
outside
Term
peri-
Definition
around
Term
trans-
Definition
across
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