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93 Cards in this Set
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angi/o |
vessel angiogram |
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aort/o |
aorta aortic stenosis |
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arter/o, arteri/o |
artery arteriosclerosis, arterial anastomosis, arteriography, endarterectomy |
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ather/o |
yellowish plaque, fatty substance (Greek athere = porridge) atheroma, atherosclerosis, atherectomy |
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atri/o |
atrium, upper heart chamber atrial |
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brachi/o |
arm brachial artery |
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cardi/o |
heart cardiomegaly, cardiomyopathy, bradycardia, tachycardia, cardiogenic shock |
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cholesterol/o |
cholesterol, a lipid substance hypercholesterolemia |
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coron/o |
heart coronary arteries |
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cyan/o |
blue cyanosis |
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myx/o |
mucus myxoma |
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ox/o |
oxygen hypoxia |
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pericardi/o |
pericardium pericardiocentesis |
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phleb/o |
vein phlebotomy, thromboplebitis |
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rrhythm/o |
rhythm arrhythmia, dysrhythmia |
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sphygm/o |
pulse sphygmomanometer |
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steth/o |
chest stethoscope |
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thromb/o |
clot thrombolysis |
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valvul/o |
valve valvuloplasty, mitral valvulitis, valvotomy |
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vas/o |
vessel vasoconstriction |
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vascul/o |
vessel vascular |
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ven/o, ven/i |
vein venous, venipuncture |
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ventricul/o |
ventricle, lower heart chamber interventricular septum |
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adenoid/o |
adenoids adenoidectomy, hypertrophy |
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alveol/o |
alveolus, air sac alveolar |
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bronch/o, bronchi/o |
bronchial tube, bronchus bronchospasm, bronchiectasis, bronchodilator, bronchopleural |
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bronchiol/o |
bronchiole, small bronchus bronchiolitis |
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capn/o |
carbon dioxide hypercapnia |
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coni/o |
dust pneumoconiosis |
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epiglott/o |
epiglottis epiglottitis |
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laryng/o |
larynx, voice box laryngeal, laryngospasm, laryngitis |
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lob/o |
lobe of the lung lobectomy |
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mediastin/o |
mediastinum mediastinoscopy |
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nas/o |
nose paranasal sinuses, nasogastric intubation |
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orth/o |
straight, upright orthopnea |
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ox/o |
oxygen hypoxia |
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pector/o |
chest expectoration |
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pharyng/o |
pharynx, throat pharyngeal |
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phon/o |
voice dysphonia |
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phren/o |
diaphragm phrenic nerve |
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pleur/o |
pleura pleurodynia, pleural efusion |
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pneum/o, pneumon/o |
air, lung pneumothorax, pneumonectomy |
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pulmon/o |
lung pulmonary |
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rhin/o |
nose rhinoplasty, rhinorrhea |
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sinus/o |
sinus, cavity sinusitis |
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spir/o |
breathing spirometer, expiration, respiration |
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tel/o |
complete atelectasis |
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thorac/o |
chest thoracotomy |
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tonsill/o |
tonsils tonsillectomy |
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trache/o |
trachea, windpipe tracheotomy, tracheal stenosis |
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-ema |
condition empyema |
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-osmia |
smell anosmia |
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-pnea |
breathing apnea, dyspnea, hyperpnea, tachypnea |
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-ptysis |
spitting hemoptysis |
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-sphyxia |
pulse asphyxia |
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-thorax |
pleural cavity, chest hemothorax, pyothorax |
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bas/o |
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid) basophil |
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chrom/o |
color hypochromic |
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coagul/o |
clotting acticoagulant |
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cyt/o |
cell cytology |
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eosin/o |
red, dawn, rosy eosinophil |
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erythr/o |
red erythroblast |
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granul/o |
granules granulocyte |
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hem/o |
red hemolysis |
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hemat/o |
blood hematocrit |
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hemoglobin/o |
hemoglobin hemoglobinopathy |
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is/o |
same, equal anisocytosis |
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kary/o |
nucleus megakaryocyte |
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leuk/o |
white leukopenia |
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mon/o |
one, single monocyte |
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morph/o |
shape, form morphology |
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myel/o |
bone marrow myeloblast |
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neautr/o |
neutral (neither base nor acid) neutropenia |
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nucle/o |
nucleus polymorphonuclear |
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phag/o |
eat, swallow phagocyte |
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poikil/o |
varried, irregular poikilocytosis |
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sider/o |
iron sideropenia |
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spher/o |
globe, round pherocytosis |
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-apheresis |
removal, a carrying away plasmapheresis, leukapheresis, plateletpheresis |
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-blast |
immature cell, embryonic monoblast |
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-cytosis |
abnormal condition of cells (increase in cells) macrocytosis, microcytosis |
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-emia |
blood condition leukemia |
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-gen |
giving rise to, producing fibrinogen |
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-globin |
protein hemoglobin |
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-globulin |
protein immunoglobulin |
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-lytic |
pertaining to destruction thrombolytic therapy |
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-oid |
derived or originating from myeloid |
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-osis |
abnormal condition thrombosis |
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-penia |
deficiency granulocytopenia |
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-phage |
eat, swallow macrophage |
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-philia |
attraction for (an increase in cell numbers) eosinophilia, neutrophilia |
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-poiesis |
formation hematopoiesis, erythropoiesis, myelopoiesis |
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-stasis |
stop, control hemostasis |
