Chapter 6 Flashcards
1
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arrhythmia
A
abnormal heart rhythm
2
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algesia
A
sense of pain
3
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angi/o
A
vessel
4
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arteri/o
A
artery
5
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cardiac arrest
A
stopped heart
6
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dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes, digit
7
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defibrillation
A
heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
8
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embolism
A
obstruction of a blood vessel
9
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embolus
A
foreign particle in the blood stream
10
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esthesia
A
feeling, sensation
11
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fibrillation
A
very fast, irregular heartbeat
12
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myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
13
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phas/o
A
speech
14
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phleb/o
A
vein
15
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plas/o
A
formation
16
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thrombosis
A
blood clot occluding a vessel
17
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thrombus
A
a blood clot
18
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a-, an-
A
absent, without
19
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brady-
A
slow
20
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dys-
A
bad, difficult, painful
21
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macro-
A
large
22
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micro-
A
small, very small
23
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tachy-
A
fast
24
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poly-
A
too many, too much
25
sym-, syn-
together, joined as one
26
-orrhexis
rupture, bursting apart
27
-tripsy
rubbing, crushing
28
pneumon/o
lung
29
thromb/o
clot
30
micron
unit of measurement (1/1000 mm)
31
synergetic
working together
