ch.9 cardiovascular terms Flashcards
(109 cards)
1
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
2
Q
angin/o
A
to choke
3
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
4
Q
ather/o
A
fatty substance, porridge
5
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
6
Q
auscultat/o
A
listen to
7
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
8
Q
chol/e
A
bile
9
Q
circulat/o
A
circular
10
Q
claudicat/o
A
to limp
11
Q
corpor/o
A
body
12
Q
cyan/o
A
dark blue
13
Q
dilat/o
A
to widen
14
Q
dynam/o
A
power
15
Q
ech/o
A
reflected sound
16
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
17
Q
embol/o
A
a throwing in
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sweet, sugar
19
Q
hem/o
A
blood
20
Q
infarct/o
A
infarct (necrosis of an area)
21
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
22
Q
lipid/o
A
fat
23
Q
lun/o
A
moon
24
Q
man/o
A
thin
25
mitr/o
mitral valve
26
my/o
muscle
27
occlus/o
to close up
28
oxy
sour, sharp, acid
29
palpit/o
throbbing
30
pector/o
chest
31
phleb/o
vein
32
pulmon/o
lung
33
rrhythm/o
rhythm
34
scler/o
hardening
35
sept/o
a partition
36
sin/o
a curve
37
sphygm/o
pulse
38
sten/o
narrowing
39
steth/o
chest
40
thromb/o
clot of blood
41
valvul/o
valve
42
vas/o
vessel
43
vascul/o
small vessel
44
ven/o
vein
45
ventricul/o
ventricle
46
vers/o
turning
47
anastom
opening
48
-osis
condition
49
angin (a)
to choke
50
pector
chest
51
-is
pertaining to
52
-graphy
recording
53
-gram
record
54
-oma
tumor
55
-plasty
surgical repair
56
a-
lack of
57
-ia
condition
58
-al
pertaining to
59
-itis
inflammation
60
-ar
pertaining to
61
-ion
process
62
bi-
two
63
-cuspid
point
64
brady-
slow
65
-ac
pertaining to
66
log
study of
67
-ist
one who specializes
68
-logy
study of
69
-megaly
enlargement, large
70
-pathy
disease
71
-ary
pertaining to
72
-ic
pertaining to
73
sterol
solid (fat)
74
con-
together, with
75
strict
to draw, to bind
76
dys-
difficult
77
-graph
instrument for recording
78
-ism
condition
79
end-
within
80
-ectomy
surgical excision
81
endo-
within
82
-um
tissue
83
extra-
outside
84
-eal
pertaining to
85
fibrillat
fibrils (small fibers)
86
hyper-
excessive
87
-emia
blood condition
88
tens
pressure
89
hypo-
deficient, below
90
-metry
measurement
91
-gen
formation, produce
92
peri-
around
93
-centesis
surgical puncture
94
-tomy
incision
95
semi-
half
96
-meter
instrument to measure
97
-ia
condition
98
tachy-
rapid
99
-scope
instrument for examining
100
-ectasis
dilatation
101
tri-
three
102
-cuspid
a point
103
-er
relating to
104
-ide
having a particular quality
105
con-
together
106
-or
one who, a doer
107
-spasm
contraction, spasm
108
-ive
nature of, quality of
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bruit
pathological noise; a sound of venous or arterial origin heard on auscultation
