Circulatory System Flashcards
1
Q
-Ac
A
Refers to, pertains to
2
Q
Af-
A
Toward
3
Q
Angi/o-
A
Vessel
4
Q
Angin/o-
A
Vessel
5
Q
Aneurysm-
A
Dilation or ballooning
6
Q
-apheresis
A
To remove or separate (blood into parts)
7
Q
Arteri/o-
A
Artery
8
Q
Athero-
A
Porridge or yellow fat
9
Q
-atresia
A
Closure
10
Q
Atri/o-
A
Chamber
11
Q
-blast
A
Beginning or young
12
Q
Brevi-
A
Short
13
Q
Capill/o
A
Hair like
14
Q
Cardi/o-
A
Heart
15
Q
Catheter/o
A
To let down into
16
Q
-clast
A
Breakdown
17
Q
Coagul/o-
A
Clotting or to clot
18
Q
Coron/o-
A
Crowning
19
Q
Cost/o-
A
Rib
20
Q
Crenat/o-
A
Notched
21
Q
-crit
A
Separate
22
Q
Cyan/o-
A
Blue
23
Q
-cytosis
A
Increase in numbers
24
Q
-emesis
A
Vomit
25
-emia
Blood
26
Eosin/o-
Rose-red color
27
Erythr/o-
Red
28
-ference
To carry
29
Ferro-
Iron
30
Foramen/o-
Opening
31
Gangren/o-
Eating sore
32
Hem/o
Blood
33
Heme-
Iron
34
Hypn/o-
Sleep
35
Hypo-
Under or below
36
Infarct-
To to stuff into
37
Isch/o-
Deficiency, blockage, to hold back
38
Leuk/o-
White
39
Macro-
Large or huge
40
Mon/o-
One
41
Natri-
Sodium or salt
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Neutr/o-
Neither or neutral
43
-O/rrhagia
Bursting forth or heavy flow
44
Occlusi/o-
Closure or blockage
45
Oscill/o
To swing
46
-penia
Decrease in number
47
Peri-
Around
48
Phago-
Eat, eating, perverse appetite
49
Phleb/o-
Vein
50
-Phoresis
Migration,transport,move, or carry
51
-phraxia
Stoppage or Obstruction
52
-poie/sis
To make, form, produce
53
Poikil/o-
Irregular or varied shape
54
Pykn/o-
Thick, dense, compact
55
Reticul/o-
Network
56
-rrhythm
Rhythm or contraction
57
Scler/o-
Hardening
58
Sept/a-
Partition or wall
59
Sept/o-
Poison, infection, decay, putrefy
60
Sider/o-
Iron
61
Spher/o-
Ball, globe, round
62
-stasis
Stoppage, standing, location
63
-stat
To stop or immediately
64
-staxia
Dripping or trickling
65
Sten/o-
Narrowing
66
-Stole
Contract
67
Sy/stol/o-
To draw together or contract
68
Tachy-
Fast or swift
69
Thromb/o-
Clot,clump together, or curdle
70
Tract/o-
To draw or pull
71
Varic/o-
Twisted
72
Vas/o-
Vessel
73
Ven/o-
Vein
74
Verá-
True
