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Gastrointestinal Tract and The Heart
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Undergraduate 2
03/17/2009

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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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Dactyl/o
Definition
Fingers
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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 bloodstream
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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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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 a 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, pain
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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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-orrhexis
Definition
rupture, bursting apart
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-tripsy
Definition
Rubbing, Crushing
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cheil/o
Definition
Lips
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col/o
Definition
colon
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Dent/o
Definition
Teeth
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Esophag/o
Definition
Esophagus
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Gingiv/o
Definition
Gums
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Gloss/o
Definition
Tongue
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Hepat/o
Definition
Liver
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Pancreat/o
Definition
Pancreas
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Proct/o
Definition
Anus and rectum
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Rect/o
Definition
rectum
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Stomat/o
Definition
Mouth
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-scope,-scopy
Definition
look, examine
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-toxin
Definition
poison
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-clysis
Definition
irrigation
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-ectasia
Definition
stretching, dilation
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Pharynx
Definition
Pharyng/o
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Enter/o

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Intestine

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Cholecyst/o
Definition
Gallbladder
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Duoden/o
Definition
Duodenum
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An/o
Definition
Anus
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