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112 Cards in this Set
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-algia |
pain |
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cardi/o |
heart |
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cardialgia |
heart pain/ache |
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brady- |
slow |
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bradycardia |
slow heart condition |
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tachy- |
fast |
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tachycardia |
fast heart condition |
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arter/o arteri/o |
artery |
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-sclerosis |
hardening |
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arterioschlerosis |
condition of hardening arteries |
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phleb/o |
vein |
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phlebotomy |
process of cutting vein |
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ven/o ven/i |
vein |
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vas/o |
vessel; duct; vas deferens |
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vascul/o |
vessel (blood) |
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-puncture |
to pierce a surface |
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venipuncture |
act of piercing vein |
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capillar/o |
capillary (tiniest blood vessel) |
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hem/o hemat/o |
blood |
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-lysis |
breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
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-lytic |
to reduce, destroy, separate; breakdown |
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hemolysis |
destruction of blood |
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-stasis |
to stop; control; place |
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hemostasis |
to stop blood |
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sept/o |
partition |
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-sepsis |
putrefaction |
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seps/o |
infection |
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septicemia |
infection of blood blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins |
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lip/o |
fat; lipid
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glucolipids |
sugar fats |
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anemia |
(lit.) condition of no blood (really) red blood cell deficiency |
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a- an- |
no; not; without |
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embolism |
traveling clot. may be blood clot (thrombus), a fat globule, a bubble of air or other gas, or foreign material (noun, embolus) |
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thrombosis |
condition of clotting/clots formation of blood clot (noun, thrombus). |
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occlusion |
complete blockage of vessel |
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thromb/o |
clot |
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embolo/o |
embolus |
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myocardial infarction |
bloackage of blood flow to heart muscle heart attack |
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myocardi/o |
myocardium (heart muscle) |
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my/o myos/o |
muscle |
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myom/o |
muscle tumor |
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infarction |
the obstruction of the blood supply to an organ or region of tissue, typically by a thrombus or embolus, causing local death of the tissue |
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angi/o |
vessel (blood) |
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-plasty |
surgical repair |
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angioplasty |
surgical repair of blood vessel |
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-spasm |
sudden contraction of muscles |
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angiospasm |
sudden contraction of blood vessel |
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ather/o |
plaque (fatty substance) |
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atherectomy |
process of cutting out plaque |
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sinistr/o |
left |
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sinistrocardia |
condition of left heart Displacement of the heart beyond the normal position on the left side. |
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muc/o |
mucus |
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mucos/o |
mucous membrane (mucosa) |
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mucosa |
a mucous membrane |
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serosa |
the tissue of a serous membrane |
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ser/o |
serum, serous |
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phag/o -phage |
eat; swallow |
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-phagia |
eating; swallowing |
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cyt/o -cyte |
cell |
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-cytosis |
condition of cells; slight increase in numbers |
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phagocytosis |
process of cells eating |
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endo- en- end- |
in; within |
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tox/o toxic/o |
poison |
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-in -ine |
a substance, chemical, chemical compound |
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endotoxin |
Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies poison from within? |
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lymph/o |
lymph |
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lymph |
a colorless fluid containing white blood cells, that bathes the tissues and drains through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream |
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lymphadenitis |
inflammation of the lymph nodes/lymph glands. |
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lymphangioma |
tumor of lymph vessel |
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-edema |
swelling |
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lymphadema |
swelling caused by lymphatic system blockage |
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splen/o |
spleen |
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-rrhexis |
rupture |
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splenorrhexis |
rupture of spleen |
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per- |
through |
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peri- |
surrounding |
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tonsill/o |
tonsil |
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peritonsillar abscess |
infection surrounding the tonsils pocket of pus surrounding tonsils |
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abscess |
A confined pocket of pus that collects in tissues, organs, or spaces inside the body. |
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chrom/o |
color |
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chromolysis |
destruction of color |
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lipoma |
fat tumor |
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carcin/o |
cancerous; cancer |
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-genesis |
producing; forming |
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-gen |
substance that produce |
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-genic |
produced by or in |
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carcinogenesis |
beginning of cancer formation |
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carcinoma |
cancerous tumor |
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in situ |
in it's original place in position |
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carcinoma in situ |
cancerous tumor in it's original place "pre cancer", group of abnormal cells, that are in their normal place and have no spread to other areas. doesn't always lead to cancer |
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meta- |
change; beyond |
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metastasis |
beyond control the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer. |
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aut/o aut- auto- |
self; own |
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immun/o |
immune; protection; safe |
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autoimmunity |
self protection immune response of organism against it's own cells/self |
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-therapy |
treatment |
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immunotherapy |
treatment using immune system prevention/treatment of disease using substances that stimulate immune response |
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onc/o |
tumor |
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oncologist |
specialist of tumors |
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neo- |
new |
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-plasm |
formation; structure |
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plas/o -plasia |
development; formation |
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neoplasm |
new development a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body, especially as a characteristic of cancer |
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antineoplastic agent |
drug that inhibits proliferation of abnormal tissue a thing that actively works against new development |
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agent |
a person or thing that takes an active role or produces a specified effect |
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BP |
blood pressure |
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ASCVD |
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
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CAD |
coronary artery disease |
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CHF |
congestive heart failure |
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MI / HA |
myocardial infarction / heart attack |
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EKG / ECG |
electrocardiogram |
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DVT |
Deep vein thrombosis |
