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35 Cards in this Set
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angi/o
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a blood vessel
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arteri/o
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artery
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cardi/o
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heart
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phleb/o
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vein
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plasm/o
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plasma
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valv/o,valvul/o
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valve
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ather/o
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yellowish, fatty plaque
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isch/o
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deficiency, blockage
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thromb/o
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clot
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brady
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slow
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tachy
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fast, rapid
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penia
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abnormal reduction in number
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sclerosis
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hardening
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atherosclerosis
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harding of the arteries
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bradycardia
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abnormal state of a slow heart rate
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tachycardia
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abnormally rapid heart rate
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hematoma
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tumor of blood (swelling caused by an accumulation of cloyyed blood in the tissues)
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aneurysm
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ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall
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embolus, emboli
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clot or foreign material that lodges art a point in that circulation
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hemorrhoid
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varicose vein in the rectal area
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angioplasty
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surgical repair of a blood vessel
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endarterectomy
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excision of that thickened interior of an artery
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phlebotomy
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incision into a vein to remove blood or to give blood or intravenous fluids
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hemorrhoidectomy
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excision of hemorrhoids
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angiography
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process of x-ray filming a blood vessel
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arteriogram
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x-ray film of an artery
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coagulation time
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blood test to determine the time it takes for blood to clot
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hematologist
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physician who studies and treats diseases of the blood
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hematology
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study of the blood
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hemolysis
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destruction of red blood cells
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hypothermia
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condition of body temperature that is below normal
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extravasation
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escape of blood from that blood vessel into the tissue
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occlude
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to close tightly
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peripheral vascular
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referrin to the blood vessels outside the heart and lyphatic vessels
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venipuncture
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puncture into a vein to remove blood, instill a medication or start an intravenous infusion
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