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27 Cards in this Set
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Algesia |
Sensation of pain |
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Angi/o |
Vessel |
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Arteri/o |
Artery |
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Cardiac Arrest |
Stopped heart (complete cessation of heart function) |
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Dactyl/o |
Fingers/toes (digits) |
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Defibrillation |
Heart shocked to a regular heartbeat (electrical impulse to shock the heart and bring about regular heartbeat) |
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Embolism |
Vessel occluded, blocked by an embolus |
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Embolus |
Foreign or abnormal particle in the bloodstream, such as a bubble of air, blood clot, or cholesterol plaque) |
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Esthesia |
Feeling, sensation |
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Fibrillation |
Very fast heartbest; irregular heartbeat |
Root |
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Myel/o |
Spinal cord, bone marrow |
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Phas/o |
Speech |
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Phleb/o |
Vein |
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Plas/o |
Formation; development |
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Thrombosis |
Blood clot occluding a blood vessel by a blood clot |
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a-, an |
Absent, without |
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Brady- |
Slow |
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Dys- |
Bad, difficult, painful |
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Macro- |
Large; seen by naked eye |
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Micro |
Small; very small |
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Tachy- |
Fast |
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-poly |
Many |
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-sym, -syn |
Together as one |
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-orrhexis |
Rupture, bursting apart |
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-tripsy |
Rubbing, surgical crushing |
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-emia |
Blood |
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Coronary Thrombosis |
A blood clot that occludes a coronary vessel of the heart and can cause an is chemical portion of the cardiac muscle |
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