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25 Cards in this Set
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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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soft,pasty
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atri/o
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the atrium, atrial
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cardi/o
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1. heart
2. esophageal opening of the stomach |
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hol/o
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whole, entire, complete
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pleur/a, pleur/o
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rib, side, pleura
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thorac/o, thoracic/o
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chest
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valv/o, valvul/o
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valve
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vas/o, vascul/o
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vessel, blood vessel
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ven/i, ven/o
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veins
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ventricul/o
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ventricle
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semi - lunar
semilunar |
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon |
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vas/o, vascul/o
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vessel, blood vessel
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ven/i, ven/o
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veins
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arteri/o - ven/o - ous
arteriovenous |
artery - vein - pertaining to, relating to
relating to both an artery and a vein or to both arteries and veins in general; both arterial and venous |
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stern/o
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the sternum, sternal
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arteri/o - sclerosis
arteriosclerosis |
artery - hardening
hardening of the arteries |
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brady - cardi/o - ia
bradycardia |
slow - heart - condition or state
slowness of hearbeat usually defined (by convention) as a rate under 50 beats/min |
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cardi/o - my/o - pathy
cardiomyopathy |
heart - muscle - disease
disease of the myocardium; a primary disease of heart muscle in the absence of the known underlying etiology |
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my/o - cardi/o - al
myocardial |
muscle - heart - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the middle layer of the heart, which consists of cardiac muscle |
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peri - cardi/o - itis
pericarditis |
around, about, near - heart - inflammation
inflammation of the pericardium |
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semi - lunar
semilunar |
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon |
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supra - ventricul/o - ar
supraventricular |
above - ventricle - pertaining to, relating to
above the vetnricles; especially applied to rhythms originating from centers proximal to the ventricles |
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tachy - cardi/o - ia
tachycardia |
rapid - heart - state, condition
rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates faster than 90 beats/min |