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Week Two Terminology Flashcards

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Agglutinin

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Antibody that causes thickening and clumping

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Arteriosclerosis

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Condition characterized by thickening and hardening of the artery walls

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Colostomy

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Surgical opening of the colon

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Hepatitis

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Inflammation of the liver

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Apnea

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Stoppage of breathing

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Thrombin

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Protein that activates fibrinogen to create fibrin (clotting)

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Thrombosis

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Formation of clot in a blood vessel

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Percutaneous

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Surgery that accesses organs by needle puncture of the skin

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Pericardium

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Tissue around the heart

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Tachycardia

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Fast heartbeat

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Hemiplegia

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Paralysis of one side of the body

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Erythrocyte

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Red blood cell

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