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angi/o angiogram angioplasty |
vessel record blood vessel repair of vessel |
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aort/o aortic stenosis
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aorta tightening/restricted bp high |
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arter/o arteri/o arteriosclerosis |
artery artery hardening of arteries |
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arteriography endarterectomy |
process of recording a artery incision occurs in cartoid arterity/removal plague |
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ather/o atheroma atheroscleroisis |
yellowish, plague tumor, build up deposit on artery walls |
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atri/o atrial |
atrium, upper heart chamber pertaining to atrium |
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brachi/o brachial artery |
arm artery of arm |
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cardi/o cardiomegaly cardiomyopathy |
heart enlarged heart abnormal thickening of heart muscle, usually in left ventricle |
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what is a normal beat per minute |
72 |
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what is bradycardia what is tachycardia |
lower than 60 higher than 100 |
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cardiogenic shock |
heart stopped |
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cholesterol/o hypercholesterolemia |
cholesterol too high blood condition |
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coron/o coronary arteries |
heart 1st branch off aorta |
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cyan/o cyanosis |
blue condition of blue skin |
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myx/o myxoma |
mucus benign tumor |
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ox/o hypoxia |
oxygen low oxygen |
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pericardi/o pericardiocentesis |
pericardium surgical puncture, membrance |
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phleb/o phlebotomy |
vein incision into vein |
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thrombophlebitis |
inflammation of vein clots |
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rrhythm/o arrhythimia |
rhythm no rhythm |
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sphygm/o sphygmomanometer |
pulse reads blood pressure |
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steth/o stethoscope |
chest listen to chest |
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thromb/o thrombolysis |
clot break down |
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valvul/o valv/o valvuloplasty mitral valvulitis |
valve repair of value inflammatory disease caused by inadequate treatment of a streptococcal infection |
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vas/o vasoconstriction |
vessel tightening |
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vasodilatoin |
widening of vessel |
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vascul/o vascular |
vessel pertaining to |
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ven/o ven/i venous |
vein small surgical incision to gain access to collapsed vein |
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ventricul/o interventricular septum |
ventricle, lower heart chamber between two halves |
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septal defects |
small holes in the wall b/w the atria or the ventricles |
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coronary artery disease |
disease of arteries surrounding heart. |
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mitral value prolapse |
improper closure of the mitral value |
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aneurysm |
local widening of an arterial wall |
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varicose veins |
abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually occurring in the legs |
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adenoid/o adenoidectomy adenoid hypertrophy |
adenoids removal of adenoids excessive growth |
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alveol/o alveolar
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alveoulus air sac pertaining to alveoulus |
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bronch/o bronchi/o bronchospasm |
bronchial tube bronchial tube constrict ashemia |
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brochiectasis bronchodilator |
widening bronchials w/drug opening bronchi with inhaller |
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bronchopleural |
abnormal connection b/w the bronchial tube and pleural cavity |
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bronchiol/o bronchiolitis |
bronchiole, small bronchus inflammation of bronchiole |
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capn/o hypercapnia |
carbon dioxide too much co2 |
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coni/o pneumoconiosis |
dust condition of dust in lungs |
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cyan/o cyanosis |
blue conditon of blue |
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epiglott/o
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epiglottis |
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laryng/o laryngeal laryngospasm |
voice box pertaining to involuntary spasm of larynx |
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lob/o lobectomy |
lobe of the lung lobectomy |
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mediastin/o mediastinoscopy |
mediastinum between left and right lungs(process of visulation) |
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nas/o paranasal sinuses |
nose along nose
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ortho/o orthopnea |
straight, upright sit up right, breathing is easier sitting up |
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ox/o hypoxia |
oxygen low, decreased oxygen |
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pector/o expectoration |
chest cough out, clearing |
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pharyng/o pharyngeal |
pharynx pertaining to |
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phon/o dysphonia |
voice painful |
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phren/o phrenic nerve |
diaphragm motor never to diaphragm |
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pleur/o pleurodynia plerual effusion |
pleura (membrane around lungs) pain in pleura fluid escapes
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pneum/o pneumon/o pneumothorax |
air,lung
air into pleura (hole) |
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pulmon/o
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lung |
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rhinorrhea |
discharge from nose |
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sinus/o sinusitis |
sinus, cavity inflammation of |
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spir/o spirometer expiration respiration |
breathing measuring breathing breathing out process of breathing |
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tel/o atelectasis |
complete not, complete, breath-collapsed lung |
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thorac/o throactomy thoracic |
chest incision into chest pertaining to chest |
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tonsill/o tonsillectomy |
tonsils removal of |
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trache/o tracheotomy tracheal stenosis |
trachea incision into trachea narrowing (from trauma) |
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-ema
empyema |
conditon pus in lungs |
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-osmia anosmia |
smell no smell |
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-pnea -apnea -dyspnea -hyperpnea -tachypnea
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breathing no breathing painful breathing increased breathing fast breathing |
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-ptysis hemoptysis |
spitting spitting blodd |
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-sphyxia asphyxia |
pulse no pulse |
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-thorax hemothroax pyothorax |
pleural cavity blood in chest cavity puss |
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asthma |
chronic bronchial inflammatory disorder with airway obstruction due to broncial edema and constriction and increased mucus produciton |
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bronchiectasis |
chronic dilation of a bronchus secondary to infection |
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chronic bronchitis |
inflammation of bronchi persisting over a long time, type of chronic obstuctive pulmonary disease |
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cystic fibrosis |
inherited disorder of exocrine glands resulting in thick mucinous secretions in the respiratory tract that do not drain normally |
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ephysema |
hyperinflation of air sacs with destruction of alveolar walls |
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lung cancer |
malignant tumor arising from the lungs and bronchi |
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pneumoconiosis |
abnormal condition cause dby dust in the lungs with chronic inflammation infection and bronchitis |
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pneumnia |
acute inflammation and infection of alveoli, which fill with pus or products of the inflammatory reaction. |
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pulmonary embolism |
clot or other material lodges in vessels of lungs |
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tuberculosis |
infectious disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis; lungs ususally are involved but any organ in the body may be infected |
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mesothelioma |
rare malignant tumor arising in the pleura. |
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pleural effusion |
abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space |
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pneumothroax |
collection of air in the pleural space |
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thoracentesis |
surgical puncture to remove fluid from the pleural space |
