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35 Cards in this Set
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aneurysm/o
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widening, a widened blood vessel
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angi/o
vascul/o |
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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arteriol/o
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arteriole
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atri/o
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atrium
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ather/o
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fatty plaque
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cardi/o
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heart
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electr/o
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electricity
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embol/o
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plug
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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my/o
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muscle
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phleb/o
ven/o |
vein
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scler/o
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hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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sept/o
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septum
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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sten/o
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narrowing, stricture
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thromb/o
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blood clot
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ventricul/o
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ventricle (of the heart or brain)
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-gram
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record, writing
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-graph
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instrument of recording
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-sphyxia
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pulse
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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brady-
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slow
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endo-
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within
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extra-
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outside
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peri-
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around
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tachy-
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rapid
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trans-
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across
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aneurysm
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abnormal dilation of vessel, usually in the artery
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arrest
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condition of being stopped or bringing to a stop
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cardiac arrest
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loss of effective cardiac function, which results in cessation of circulation
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circulatory arrest
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cessation of the circulation of blood due to ventricular standstill or fibrillation
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arrhythmia
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inability of the heart to maintain a steady rhythm, possibly including a rapid or slow beat or "skipping" a beat
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