Word Root
Med term to English
More MT to English
English to med term
Hodge podge
100
angio
What is vessel?
100
prophylaxis
What is a preventative measure?
100
incompetent
What is inability to function or perform?
100
blood clot
What is thrombus or embolus?
100
Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
200
scler/o
What is hardening?
200
fibrillation
What is quivering (especially referring to the heart muscle)?
200
patent
What is open, unblocked?
200
irregular heart rate
What is arrhythmia
200
Vessels that carry deoxygenated blood back to the heart
What are veins?
300
thromb/o
What is heart?
300
ischemia
What is area of poor circulation?
300
stenosis
What is narrowing?
300
High Blood Pressure
What is hypertension?
300
excessive fat in the blood
What is hyperlipidemia?
400
my/o
What is muscle?
400
diaphoresis
What is profuse sweating?
400
cardiomyopathy
What is disease of the heart muscle?
400
cardiac arrest
What is when the heart stops beating?
400
arteriogram
What is a recording of the arteries? (This is done with dye and an XRay)?
500
phleb/o
What is vein?
500
perfusion
What is Circulation?
500
atherosclerosis
What is a hardening of the vessels (usually) caused by fatty deposits?
500
tubular open area, space or channel as within a vessel
What is lumen?
500
endocarditis
What is inflammation of the inside of the heart?
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