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21 Cards in this Set
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angi/o
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blood or lymph vessel
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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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ather/o
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plaque, fatty substance
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brady-
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slow
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cardi/o
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heart
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-crasia
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a mixture or blending
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-emia
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blood, blood condition
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood, relating to the blood
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leuk/o
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white
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phleb/o
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vein
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tachy-
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fast
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thromb/o
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clot
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ven/o
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vein
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ACE inhibitor
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blocks the action of the enzyme that causes the blood vessels to contract, resulting in hypertension
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anemia
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a lower than normal number of erythrocytes in the blood
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aneurysm
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a localized weak spot or balloon like enlargement of the wall of an artery
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angina
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a condition in which severe episodes of chest pain occur due to an inadequate blood flow to the myocardium
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angioplasty
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the technique of mechanically widening a narrowed of obstructed blood vessel
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anticoagulant
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slows coagulation and prevents new clots from forming
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