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20 Cards in this Set
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Platelets are also called
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Thrombocytes
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Venticul/o
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Lower heart chambers
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Brady-
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slow
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Deficiency of blood (flow)
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ischemia
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-emia
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blood condition
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Isch/
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deficiency
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Hemolysis
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Dissolution of red blood cells
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-Lysis
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dissolution
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Hem/o-
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red blood
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Pancytopenia
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abnormal reduction in all cells
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Tachy-
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Rapid, fast
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Inflammation within the heart
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Endocarditis
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auscultation
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hearing sounds within the body through a stethoscope
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polyarteritis
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Inflammation of many sites in the arteries.
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Incision in the vein
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Phlebotomy
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Phleb/o-
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Vein
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Atheroscierosis
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Hardening of fatty plaque (deposited on the arterial wall)
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Ather/o
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Fatty substance, plaque
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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disease of the heart muscle
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myocardiopathy
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