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53 Cards in this Set
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aneurysm/o
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(widening blood vessel)
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angi/o
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vessel
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aort/o
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aorta
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arter/o, arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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yellowish plaque, fatty substance (Greek athere means porridge)
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atri/o
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atrium, upper heart chamber
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axill/o
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armpit
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brachi/o
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arm
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cardi/o
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heart
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cholestero/o
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cholesterol
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coron/o
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heart
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cyan/o
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blue
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ish/o
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to hold back; back
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my/o
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muscle
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myx/o
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mucus
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pericardi/o
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pericardium
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phleb/o
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vein
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pulmon/o
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lung
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sphygm/o
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pulse
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steth
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chest
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thromb/o
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clot
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valv/o
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valve
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valvul/o
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valve
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vas/o
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vessel
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vascul/o
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vessel
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ven/o, ven/i
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vein
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ventricul/o
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ventricle, lower, heart chamber
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-contriction
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narrowing
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-dilation
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widening, stretching, expanding
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-emia
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blood collection
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-lysis
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breakdown; separation, destruction; loosening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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measure
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-oma
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tumor, mass, fluid collection
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-osis
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condition, usually abnormal
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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tighting, striction
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-tomy
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incision, to cut
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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brady-
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slow
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de-
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lack of, down, less, removal of
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dys-
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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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endo-
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in, within
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hyper-
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above, excessive
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hypo-
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deficient, below, under, less than normal
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inter-
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between
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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tachy-
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fast, rapid
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tetra-
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four
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tri-
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three
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