The Heart Flashcards
1
Q
sense of pain
A
algesia
2
Q
vessel (root)
A
angi/o
3
Q
artery (root)
A
arteri/o
4
Q
stopped heart
A
cardiac arrest
5
Q
fingers (root)
A
dactyl/o
6
Q
heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
A
defibrillation
7
Q
obstruction of a blood vessel
A
embolism
8
Q
foreign particle in the bloodstream
A
embolus
9
Q
feeling, sensation
A
esthesia
10
Q
very fast, irregular heartbeat
A
fibrillation
11
Q
spinal cord, bone marrow
A
myel/o
12
Q
speech
A
phas/o
13
Q
vein
A
phleb/o
14
Q
formation
A
plas/o
15
Q
blood clot occluding a vessel
A
thrombosis
16
Q
a blood clot
A
thrombus
17
Q
absent, without (prefix)
A
a- or an-
18
Q
slow (prefix)
A
brady-
19
Q
bad, difficult, painful (prefix)
A
dys-
20
Q
large (prefix)
A
macro-
21
Q
small (prefix)
A
micro-
22
Q
fast (prefix)
A
tachy-
23
Q
many (prefix)
A
poly-
24
Q
together (prefix)
A
sym-, syn-
25
rupture, bursting apart (suffix)
-orrhexis
26
rubbing, crushing (suffix)
-tripsy
27
blood (suffix)
-emia
28
abnormally fast or rapid heart action
tachycardia
29
lung (root)
pneumon/o
30
slow heart action
bradycardia
31
radiographic picture of the heart vessels
cardioangiogram
32
hardening of the veins
phlebosclerosis
33
incision into a vein
phlebotomy
34
inflammation of a vein
phlebitis
35
inflammation of a vessel with the formation of a clot
thrombophlebitis
36
clot
thrombus
37
cell that aids in clotting
thrombocyte
38
a heart attack caused by a clood clot occluding the coronary blood vessel
coronary thrombosis
39
rupture of the bladder
cystorrhexis
40
rupture of the small intestine
enterorrhexis
41
rupture of the blood vessel
anigioorrhexis
42
rupture of the heart
cardiorrhexis
43
rupture of a vein
phleboorrhexis
44
hemmorrhage from the liver
hepatorrhagia
45
runny nose
rhinorrhea
46
suturing or joining of the fallopian tubes
salpingorrhaphy
47
suturing or closing a hernia
herniorrhaphy
48
repair, close, suture (suffix)
-orhaphy
49
burst forth, hemorrhage (suffix)
-orrhagia
50
discharge, flowing (suffix)
-orrhea
51
rupture, bursting apart (suffix)
-orrhexis
52
without feeling
anesthesia
53
instrument for measuring feeling or sensation
estesiometer
54
abnormal sensitivity to pain
hyperesthesia
55
without sensitive of pain
algesia
56
an-emia
less blood
57
a-stomia
without a mouth
58
a-febrile
without fever
59
an-odontia
toothless
60
without speech
aphasia
61
abnormally fast speech
tachyphasia
62
abnormally slow speech
bradyphasia
63
pain/difficulty speaking
dysphasia
64
to rub or massage
tripsis
65
an immature bone marrow cell
myeloblast
66
hearnia of the spinal cord
myelocele
67
formation or change
plasia
68
bad, defective / poor or abnormal formation
dysplasia
69
failure of an organ to develop properly
aplasia
70
overgrowth or excessive development in the formative years
hyperplasia
71
defective development of cartilage
chondrodysplasia
72
defective formation of bone and cartilage
osteochondrodysplasia
73
abnormally large tongue
macroglossia
74
abnormally large ears
macrotia
75
abnormally large nose
macrorhinia
76
abnormally large fingers or toes
dacylomegaly
77
digit/fingers/toes
dactyl/o
78
inflammation of a digit
dactlyitis
79
cramps or spasm of a digit
dactylospasm
80
to many fingers or toes
polydactylism
81
excessive amounts of urine
polyuria
82
immovable joints
synarthrosis
83
a condition of two or more digits joined together as one
syndacylism
