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Medical Terms 6
The Heart
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10th Grade
01/18/2011

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algesia
Definition
sense of pain
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angi/o
Definition
vessel
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arteri/o
Definition
artery
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cardiac arrest
Definition
stopped heart
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dacyl/o
Definition
digits
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defibrillation
Definition
heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
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embolism
Definition
obstruction of a blood vessel
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embolus
Definition
foreign particle in the blood stream
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esthesia
Definition
feeling, sensation
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fibrillation
Definition
very fast, irregular heartbeat
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myel/o
Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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myel/o
Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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phas/o
Definition
speech
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phleb/o
Definition
vein
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plas/o
Definition
formation
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thrombosis
Definition
bloodclot occluding vessel
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thrombus
Definition
a blood clot
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a-, an-
Definition
absent, without
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dys-
Definition
bad, difficult, painful
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-emia
Definition
blood
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macro-
Definition
large
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micro-
Definition
small, very small
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poly-
Definition
many
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sym-, syn-
Definition
together
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sym-, syn-
Definition
together
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-orrhexis
Definition
rupture, bursting apart
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-tripsy
Definition
rubbing, crushing
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