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agglutin/o
WR: clumping, gluing
TERM 2
aneurysm/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: a widening, a widened blood vessel
TERM 3
aort/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: aorta
TERM 4
arteri/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: artery
TERM 5
ather/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: fatty plaque
atri/o
WR: atrium
TERM 7
cardi/o, coron/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: heart
TERM 8
electr/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: electric
TERM 9
embol/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: embolus (plug)
TERM 10
immun/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: immune, immunity, safe
phleb/o, ven/o
WR: vein
TERM 17
rrhythm/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: rhythm
TERM 18
splen/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: spleen
TERM 19
thromb/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: blood clot
TERM 20
thym/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: thymus gland
varic/o
WR: dilated vein
TERM 22
vas/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: vessel; vas deferens; duct
TERM 23
vascul/o
DEFINITION 23
WR: vessel
TERM 24
ventricul/o
DEFINITION 24
WR: ventricle (of heart or brain)
TERM 25
aden/o
DEFINITION 25
WR: gland
sarc/o
WR: flesh (connective tissue)
TERM 32
scler/o
DEFINITION 32
WR: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
TERM 33
ectomy
DEFINITION 33
S: excision, removal
TERM 34
lysis
DEFINITION 34
S: separation; destruction; loosening
TERM 35
plasty
DEFINITION 35
S: surgical repair
rrhaphy
S: suture
TERM 37
tomy
DEFINITION 37
S: incision
TERM 38
cardia
DEFINITION 38
S: heart condition
TERM 39
cyte
DEFINITION 39
S: cell
TERM 40
ectasis
DEFINITION 40
S: dilation, expansion
lysis
S: separation; destruction; loosening
TERM 47
malacia
DEFINITION 47
S: softening
TERM 48
megaly
DEFINITION 48
S: enlargement
TERM 49
oid
DEFINITION 49
S: resembling
TERM 50
ole,
ule
DEFINITION 50
S: small, minute
oma
S: tumor
TERM 52
osis
DEFINITION 52
S: abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood
cells)
TERM 53
pathy
DEFINITION 53
S: disease
TERM 54
phagia
DEFINITION 54
S: swallowing, eating
TERM 55
phobia
DEFINITION 55
S: fear
stenosis
S: narrowing, stricture
TERM 62
tension
DEFINITION 62
S: to stretch
TERM 63
therapy
DEFINITION 63
S: treatment
TERM 64
um
DEFINITION 64
S: structure, thing
TERM 65
version
DEFINITION 65
S: turning
al, ic, ary
S: pertaining to, relating to
TERM 67
ose
DEFINITION 67
S: pertaining to; sugar
TERM 68
ia
DEFINITION 68
S: condition
TERM 69
us
DEFINITION 69
S: condition, structure
TERM 70
a
DEFINITION 70
P: without, not
epi
P: above, upon
TERM 77
micro
DEFINITION 77
P: small
TERM 78
peri
DEFINITION 78
P: around
TERM 79
tachy
DEFINITION 79
P: rapid
TERM 80
trans
DEFINITION 80
P: across, through
tri
P: three
TERM 82
AS
DEFINITION 82
aortic stenosis
TERM 83
BP
DEFINITION 83
blood pressure
TERM 84
CA
DEFINITION 84
cancer; chronological age; cardiac arrest
TERM 85
CAD
DEFINITION 85
coronary artery disease
ELISA
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (test to detect anti-HIV
antibodies)
TERM 92
HF
DEFINITION 92
heart failure
TERM 93
MI
DEFINITION 93
myocardial infarction
TERM 94
RBC
DEFINITION 94
red blood cell (s)
TERM 95
TIA
DEFINITION 95
transient ischemic attack
US
ultrasound; ultrasonography
TERM 97
WBC
DEFINITION 97
white blood cell (s)
TERM 98
AIDS
DEFINITION 98
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
TERM 99
HSV
DEFINITION 99
herpes simplex virus
TERM 100
RA
DEFINITION 100
right atrium
