Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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arrhythmia

A

abnormal heart rhythm

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2
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algesia

A

sense of pain

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3
Q

angi/o

A

vessel

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4
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arteri/o

A

artery

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5
Q

cardiac arrest

A

stopped heart

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6
Q

dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes, digit

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7
Q

defibrillation

A

heart shocked to a regular heartbeat

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8
Q

embolism

A

obstruction of a blood vessel

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9
Q

embolus

A

foreign particle in the blood stream

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10
Q

esthesia

A

feeling, sensation

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11
Q

fibrillation

A

very fast, irregular heartbeat

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12
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

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13
Q

phas/o

A

speech

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14
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

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15
Q

plas/o

A

formation

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16
Q

thrombosis

A

blood clot occluding a vessel

17
Q

thrombus

A

a blood clot

18
Q

a-, an-

A

absent, without

19
Q

brady-

A

slow

20
Q

dys-

A

bad, difficult, painful

21
Q

macro-

A

large

22
Q

micro-

A

small, very small

23
Q

tachy-

A

fast

24
Q

poly-

A

too many, too much

25
Q

sym-, syn-

A

together, joined as one

26
Q

-orrhexis

A

rupture, bursting apart

27
Q

-tripsy

A

rubbing, crushing

28
Q

pneumon/o

A

lung

29
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

30
Q

micron

A

unit of measurement (1/1000 mm)

31
Q

synergetic

A

working together