Medical Terminology Flashcards
1
Q
Angi/o
A
blood vessels
2
Q
Bar/o
A
pressure or weight
3
Q
Brady‐
A
Slow or low
4
Q
Cardi/o
A
heart
5
Q
Coagul/o
A
blood clotting
6
Q
Coron/o
A
heart’s coronary arteries
7
Q
‐emia
A
condition of the blood, such as anemia (low red blood cell count) or leukemia (blood cancer)
8
Q
Hem/o
A
blood
9
Q
-megaly
A
enlarged organ
10
Q
Mi/o
A
muscles
11
Q
Palpit/o
A
irregular heartbeats
12
Q
‐plasty
A
Surgical repair
13
Q
Scler/o
A
hardness or sclerosis (thickening or hardening of a tissue or organ)
14
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‐stenosis
A
Narrowing of a body passage
15
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Tachy‐
A
Fast
