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88 Cards in this Set
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Aneurysm/o |
Widening |
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Angi/o |
vessel
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aort/o |
aorta |
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arteri/o |
artery
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ather/o |
thick, fatty |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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cyan/o |
blue |
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cyt/o |
cell |
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derm/o |
skin |
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dermat/o |
skin |
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ech/o |
reflected sound |
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electr/o |
electricity |
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erythr/o |
red |
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fibr/o |
fibrous |
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hem/o |
blood |
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hemat/o |
blood |
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isch/o |
stopped flow |
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leuk/o |
white |
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lip/o |
fat
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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man/o |
thin substance |
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megal/o |
enlarged |
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melan/o |
black |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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radi/o |
x-ray |
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rhythm/o |
rhythm
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scler/o |
hard |
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steth/o |
chest |
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son/o |
sound |
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sphygm/o |
pulse |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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tom/o |
slice |
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vas/o |
vessel |
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Brady- |
slow |
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tachy- |
fast |
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a-, an- |
without |
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-algia |
pain |
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-cyte |
cell |
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-ectomy |
excision |
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-emia |
blood condition |
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-genic |
to generate |
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-gram |
picture |
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-graph |
recording instrument |
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-graphy |
process of making a picture |
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-ia |
noun-condition |
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-y |
noun-condition |
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-itis |
inflammation |
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-logist |
one who studies |
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-lysis |
destruction |
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-megaly |
enlarged |
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-meter |
measuring instrument |
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-oma |
tumor |
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-osis |
condition or increasing number |
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-penia |
low number |
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-phobia |
fear |
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-plasty |
repair |
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-stasis |
control or stopping |
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-scope |
looking instrument |
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-scopy |
process of using a scope |
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AA |
Aortic Aneurysm |
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AMI |
acute myocardial infarction |
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AS |
arteriosclerosis |
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ASCVD |
Arteriosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease |
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ASHD |
arteriosclerotic heart disease |
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BPM |
Beats per minute |
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CABG |
Coronary Artery bypass graft |
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CAT, CT, CAT scan |
Computed (axial) tomography |
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CBC |
Complete blood count |
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CHF |
Congestive heart failure |
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Diff |
differential white blood cell count |
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DVT |
Deep vein thrombosis |
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ECHO |
echocardiogram |
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ECG,EKG |
Electrocardiogram |
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Hct |
Hemotocrit |
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HGB, HB, HgB, Hb |
hemoglobin
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MI |
myocardial infarction |
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P |
pulse |
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PAT |
paroxysmal atrial tachycardia |
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PVC |
premature ventricular contraction |
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RBC |
red blood cell (count) |
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RDMS |
registered diagnostic medical sonographer |
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RT(R) |
Radio-graphic technologist (registered) |
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RT(T) |
Registered radiologic technologist (therapist) |
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RVT |
registered vascular technologist |
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TIA |
transient ischemic attack |
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VFib (VF) |
ventricular fibrillation |
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WBC |
white blood cell (count) |
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XR |
x-ray |
