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Processes of the heart...
Conditions taken to heart..
Things that happen to your heart..
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This is the combining form for heart.
What is cardi/o or card/i?
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The meaning of tachycardia is...
What is rapid heartbeat?
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HTN means this:
What is hypertension, high B/P?
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This is a abnormally slow heartbeat.
What is bradycardia?
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Medical term meaning pertaining to the artery
What is arterial?
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This combining form means fatty substance.
What is ather/o?
200
This medical term means hardening of the arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis ?
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A partition that divides a body space
What is a septum?
200
This is the medical term for high blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
200
Vessels that transport blood from peripheral tissue back to the heart
What is vein?
300
The meaning of arteriol/o.
What is a small artery or artery?
300
The purpose of a oximetry is to:
What is the process of measuring the oxygen saturation of the blood ?
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The relaxation phase of the heart is:
What is diastole?
300
This is a condition caused by obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot.
What is an thrombosis?
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quivering, especially of the heart muscle
What is fibrillation?
400
The meaning of this combining form is pulse.
What is sphygm/o?
400
The meaning of the medical term angioplasty.
What is surgical repair of a vessel?
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The contraction phase of the heart cycle is:
What is systole?
400
This is a condition with abnormal high levels of fat (lipid) in the blood.
What is hyperlipidemia?
400
This is the inflammation of he pericarium
What is pericaritis?
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The meaning of these two combining form is 'vein'.
What is ven/i and phleb/o?
500
The meaning of the medical term thrombosis.
What is a clot of blood within the vascular system?
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EKG is an abbreviation for:
What is electrocardiogram?
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This is a condition in which there is a lack of oxygen due to decreased blood supply to a part of the body due to obstruction of blood.
What is ischemia?
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This is the medical term for the inflammation of the heart muscle.
What is myocarditis?
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