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MedTerm) Circulatory Flashcards

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-AC refers to

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pertains to or state of related term(s): -AL, -AR, -ARY, -ATE, -EUM, -IAC, -IC, -ICAL, -ILE, -IS, -IUM, -ORY, -OUS, -UM, -US

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AF-

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toward

af/ferent: to carry (nerve or blood flow toward a structure)

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ANGI/O-

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vessel

angi/oma: vessel/swelling or tumor related term(s): VAS/O-

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ANGIN/O-

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vessel

angin/a: refers to a vessel condition of choking or blocking of blood flow to the heart muscle, which usually results in chest discomfort or pain.

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ANEURYSM-

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dilation or ballooning

aneurysm/oplasty: dilation or ballooning (usually blood vessel)/surgical repair

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APHERESIS-

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to remove or separate

leuk/aphere/sis: WBC/to remove or separate (blood into parts)/condition of (separate blood into component parts or remove toxins)

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ARTERI/O-

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artery

arterio/gram: artery/recording, arterio/scler/osis: artery/hard/condition, arter/iol/oma: artery/small/swelling

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ATHERO-

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porridge or yellow fat

athero/scler/osis: porridge or yellow fat/harden (in lumen of blood vessels)/condition or disease

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-ATRESIA

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closure

ven/atresia: vein/closure (abnormal closure of body opening-occlusion)

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ATRI/O-

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chamber

atri/um: chamber/refers to (corridors or chambers at top of heart)

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-BLAST

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beginning or young

osteo/blast: bone/beginning or young cells (embryonic primitive cells found in the body systems)

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BREVI-

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short

brev/ity: short/state of

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CAPILL/O-

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hair-like

capill/ary: hair-like/pertains to or refers to (little blood vessels)

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CARDI/O-

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heart

peri/card/itis: around/heart/inflammation (inflamed 2 layered membrane of heart: causing pain)

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CATHETER/O-

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to let down into

catheter/iz/ation: to let down into/act of/procedure of

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-CLAST

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breakdown

osteo/clast: bone/breakdown of cells, cyto/clas/is: cell/breaking/refers to related term(s): -CLAS

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COAGUL/O-

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clotting or to clot

coagul/ation: clotting or to clot/process of

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CORON/O-

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crowning

coron/ary: crowning (heart blood vessels)/refer to

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COST/O-

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rib

cost/al: rib/refer to related term(s): PLEURO-

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CRENAT/O-

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notched

crenat/ion: notched/process of (irregular shaped red blood cells)

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-CRIT

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separate

hemato/crit: blood/separate

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CYAN/O-

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blue

cyan/osis: blue/condition of

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-CYTOSIS

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increase in numbers

leuco/cytosis: white (WBC)/increase in numbers

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-EMESIS

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vomit

hem/emesis: blood/vomit

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-EMIA

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blood

leuc/emia: white/blood (abnormal increase in WBC’s)

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EOSIN/O-

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rose-red color

eosino/phil: rose-red (color)/love of (staining of WBCs)

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ERYTHR/O-

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red

erythro/cyte: red/cell (chamber) (a red blood cell that carries oxygen to the body’s cells)

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-FERENCE

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to carry

vas de/ference: vessel: away/to carry (duct from testes)

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FERRO-

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iron

ferr/ous: iron/state of related term(s): sider/o-, heme

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FORAMEN/O-

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opening

Foramen/al: opening/refers to (also known as meatus or opening)

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GANGREN/O-

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eating sore

gangren/ous: eating sore/refers to (dead tissue caused by isch/emia ‘poor blood flow’)

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HEM/O-

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blood

hem/o/rrhage: blood/bursting forth, hemo/kinesis: means: blood/movement or flow alternate spelling: HEMATO-

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HEME-

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iron

hem/atin: iron/small part (non-protein portion of hemoglobin where iron is in ferrous state) related term(s): sidero-, ferro-

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HYPN/O-

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sleep

Hypn/osis: sleep/condition (alpha state of brainwave patterns: this is not true sleep) related term(s): somn/o-

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HYPO-

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under or below

hypo/tens/ion: under or below (pressure in vessels)/contraction/process of, hypo/derm/ic: below/skin/pertaining to

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INFARCT-

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to stuff into

infarct/ion: to stuff into/refers to (clot blockage that causes diminished blood flow to heart or other body parts ‘muscles or organs’)

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ISCH/O-

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deficiency, blockage, to hold back

isch/emic: deficiency or blockage/refers to blood (myocardial ischemia: angina pectoris or chest pain because of poor blood supply to the heart muscle), isch/emia: hold back/pertains to blood

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LEUK/O-

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white

leuk/aphere/sis: white (white blood cells: WBC’s)/separation/condition of related term(s): LEUC/O-

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MACRO-

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large or huge

macro/phage: large or huge/eater(WBC’s), macro/scop/ic: large/viewing or seeing (eyeballing)/refers to

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MON/O-

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one

mono/nucle/osis: one/nut/condition of (high number of mono/nuclear ‘large’ white blood cells) related term(s): UNI-

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NATRI-

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sodium or salt

hyper/natr/emia: increase/sodium or salt/in blood

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NEUTR/O-

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neither or neutral

neutro/phil(e): neither or neutral/love for (WBC that stains with a neutral PH of 7)

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-O/RRHAGIA

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bursting forth or heavy flow

meno/rrhagia: monthly (female cycle)/bursting forth (heavy flow)

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OCCLUSI/O-

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closure or blockage

occlus/ion: closure or blockage/process of

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OSCILL/O-

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to swing

oscillo/graph: to swing/instrument (that measure electric activity of heart and muscles)

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-PENIA

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decrease in number

leuko/cyto/penia: white (WBC’s)/cells/decrease in number

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PERI-

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around

peri/cardi/um: around/heart/refers to, peri/stal/sis: around/to clasp and compress/condition

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PHAGO-

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eat, eating, perverse appetite

phago/cyto/sis: eat, eating, perverse appetite/cells (WBC’s)/refers to alternate spelling: -PHAGY

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PHLEB/O-

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vein

phleb/itis: vein/inflamed, phleb/o/tom/ist: vein/cut/specialist (draws blood) related term(s): VENO-

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-PHORESIS

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migration, transport, move, or carry

a/phoresis: no or lack of/migration, transportation, movement, hemo/phoresis: blood/carrying, migration, transmitting, chema/phoresis: chemical/not moving, epi/phoresis: above/to carry or bear (the term -PHORESIS is a suffix, the term PHORES/I- is a prefix)

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-PHRAXIA

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stoppage or obstruction

hemo/phrax/ia: blood/stoppage or obstruction/refers to

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-POIE/SIS

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to make, form, produce

hemato/poie/sis: blood (large amount)/to make, form, produce/condition or state of (usually refers to blood production by bone marrow: erythro/poiesis ‘RBC’s)

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POIKIL/O-

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irregular or varied shape

poikilo/cytic: irregular or varied shape/cell

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PYKN/O-

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thick, dense, compact

pykn/emia: thick/refers to blood (often causing heart attacks and stroke) related term(s): PYCN/O-

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RETICUL/O-

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network

reticul/ation: network/process of (a massive net: composed of the net and WBC’s in bone marrow and in lymph nodes)

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-RRHYTHM

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rhythm or contraction

a/rrhythm: lack of or without/rhythm or contraction

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SCLER/O-

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hardening

athero/scler/osis: yellow fat or porridge/hardening/condition of (this is the leading killer of Cardio-Vascular Disease in the U.S.A.), scler/itis: hard/inflammation (sclera is the hard outer white membrane layer of eye)

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SEPT/A-

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partition or wall

sept/um: partition or wall/refers to (wall dividing a space: nose and heart) related term(s): PARIET/O-, PHARG/O-

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SEPT/O-

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poison, infection, decay, putrefy

sept/ic: poison/refer to related term(s): SEPS/O-, TOX/O-

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SIDER/O-

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iron

sidero/cyte: iron/cell (specialized RBC’s that contain iron in a form other than hematin) related term(s): FERR/O-, HEME-

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SPHER/O-

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ball, globe, round

spher/o/cyte: ball, globe, round/cells

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-STASIS

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stoppage, standing, location

hemo/stasis: blood/stoppage (arrest of bleeding or circulation; blood stagnation causing clots), homeo/stasis: same or equal/standing or location alternate spelling: -STASIA

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-STAT

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to stop or immediately

hemo/stat: blood/to stop (device or drug that immediately arrests blood flow. STAT. or stat means immediately - stop what you are doing and help)

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-STAXIA

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dripping or trickling

epi/staxia: upon/dripping or trickling (epistaxis means nosebleed)

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STEN/O-

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narrowing

sten/osis: narrowing/condition of

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-STOLE

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contract

sy/stole: together/contract (blood pressure created by heart chamber contraction), dia/stole: between/contraction (lower blood pressure that occurs when heart chamber is filling with blood between contractions of the heart muscle) related term(s): -SPASM, -STALSIS

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SY/STOL/O-

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to draw together or contract

systol/ic: to draw together or contract/refers to related term(s): TRACT/O-

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TACHY-

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fast or swift

tachy/card/ia: fast or swift/heart/refers to

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THROMB/O-

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clot, clump together, or curdle

thromb/osis: clot, clump together, or curdle/condition of (this is a blood clot somewhere in the vascular system or an organ)

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TRACT/O-

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to draw or pull

tract/ion: to draw or pull/process of related term(s): SYSTOL/O-

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VARIC/O-

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twisted

varico/cele: twisted/rupture or protrusion (veins of spermatic cord) related term(s): ILEO-, TORSI-

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VAS/O-

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vessel

vas/ec/tom/y: vessel/out/cut/procedure of related term(s): ANGI/O-

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VEN/O-

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vein

ven/ous: vein/pertain to related term(s): PHLEB/O-

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VERA-

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true

polycythemia: vera: many red blood cells: true (also known as erythremia)

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