Combining forms
Suffixes +
Abbreviations
Conditions/Terms
English to Med Term
100
cardi/o
What is heart?
100
Tachycardia
What is rapid heartbeat?
100
HTN
What is hypertension, high B/P?
100
arrhythmia
What is an irregular heartbeat?
100
circulation
What is perfusion?
200
ather/o
What is fat/fatty plaque?
200
arteriosclerosis
What is hardening of the arteries?
200
MI
What is a myocardial infarction, heart attack, cardiac arrest?
200
Diaphoresis
What is profuse sweating?
200
open, unblocked
What is patent?
300
arteriol/o
What is a small artery?
300
cardiomyopathy
What is disease of the muscle of the heart?
300
CAD
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
300
Arteries
What are vessels that carry blood away from the heart, they carry oxygenated blood?
300
quivering, especially of the heart muscle
What is fibrillation?
400
sphygm/o
What is pulse?
400
angioplasty
What is surgical repair of a vessel?
400
EKG or ECG
What is Electrocardiogram?
400
hyperlipidemia
What is excessively elevated fat levels in the blood?
400
stickiness, gumminess, or thick
What is viscosity?
500
Aneurysm/o
What is an aneurysm, a ballooning vessel?
500
thrombolysis
What is the breaking apart of a clot-dissolving a clot?
500
HDL
What is High Density Lipids (HDL)?
500
malaise
What is generally not feeling well?
500
Lumen
What is the space inside of a channel or vessel?
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