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erythr
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red
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occlusion
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blocked vessel
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occlude
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verb for block a vessel
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aort
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aorta
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cardi
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heart
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ischemia
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blood flow is interrupted
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embolism
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moving clot
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peri
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surrounding
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epi
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upon (as lining UPON heart)
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endo
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inside (as lining inside heart)
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endocardium
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inner lining of heart
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epicardium
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outer membrane right on top of heart.
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pericardium
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surrounding heart (surrounding is on top, too) so same as epicardium.
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incise
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remove or excise such as ectomy..surgery
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stasis
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controlling or stopping.
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electr
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electricity
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son
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sound
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vas
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vessel
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y (not a typo)
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suffix makes noun....for a condition
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erythremia
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combines erythr and emia : too many red blood cells
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erythrocytopenia
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lacking in normal red blood cells.
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myocardium
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muscle layer of the heart
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ic/ac
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adjective suffixes
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echo
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combining form meaning sound made by reflected sound waves.
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echocardiogram
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a record of sound waves reflected through the heart
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rad/o
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refers to radiation..such as xrays
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algia
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pain
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cardialgia
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pain in the heart.
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scler
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hardening
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tachycardia
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fast heart
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angiopathy
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generalized disease condition of the vessel
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lymph/angio/pathy
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generalized disease condition of lymph vessesl
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plasty
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repair...as in plastic surgery
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angiosclerosis
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hardening of the vessel
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vascular system
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blood vessels
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arterio/stasis
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flow through artery
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phlebo/stasis
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control in the flow through vein
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aneurysm
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widening
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arteri
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artery
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ech
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reflected sound
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fibr
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fibrous
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hemat
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blood
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leuk
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white
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lymph
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lymph
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melan
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black
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radi
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xray
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thromb
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clot
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vas
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vessel
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brady
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slow
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ectomy
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excision
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genic
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to generate
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graph
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(recording) instrument
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ia
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noun=condition
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itis
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inflamation
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megaly
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enlarged
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osis
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condition
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phobia
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fear
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scopy
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process of using scope
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angio
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vessel
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ather
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thick fatty
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hem
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blood
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isch
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stopped flow
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lip
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fat
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megal
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enlarged
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phleb
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vein
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scler
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hard
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tom
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slice
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tachy
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fast
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emia
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blood condition
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gram
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picture
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graphy
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process of making a picture
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logist
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one who studies
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lysis
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destruction
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oma
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tumor
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penia
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low number
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scope
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looking instrument
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