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low blood pressure that occurs when standing up
What is orthostatic hypotension
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meaning to stop or control bleeding
What is hemostasis
100
a very rapid heartbeat that begins within the ventricles
What is ventricular tachycardia
100
abnormally swollen veins that usually occur in the legs
What is varicose veins
100
any blood disorder in which there are not enough platelets
What is thrombocytopenia
200
Absence of all formed blood elements
What is aplastic anemia
200
larger-than-normal red blood cells
What is megaloblastic anemia
200
lack of protein required to absorb the vitamins necessary for the formation of red blood cells
What is pernicious anemia
200
a group of bone marrow disorders caused by dysfunction of the bone marrow
What is myelodysplastic syndrome
200
systemic disease caused by the spread of bacteria via the circulating blood
What is septicemia
300
inflammation of the heart valve
What is valvulitis
300
a specialist who treats diseases and disorders of the blood and blood-forming tissues
What is hematologist
300
these are only one cell in thickness and are the smallest blood vessels in the body
What is capillaries
300
these carry oxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the lungs
What is pulmonary arteries
300
The term best describing a fatty deposit on an artery wall
What is plaque
400
the highest pressure against the artery walls which occurs when the ventricles contract
What is systolic pressure
400
formed in red bone marrow and the most common type of white blood cells
What is neutrophils
400
the condition that is most often the cause of sudden cardiac death
What is ventricular fibrillation
400
the condition of having a blood clot attached to the wall of a deep vein
What is deep vein thrombosis
400
term that describes a decrease in the number of disease-fighting white blood cells circulating in the blood
What is leukopenia
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chronic condition in which the heart is unable to pump out all of the blood it receives
What is heart failure
500
a medication that is administered to control irregularities of the heartbeat
What is antiarrhythmic
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an emergency procedure for life support consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac compression
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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a wire mesh tube placed in an artery to provide support to the arterial wall
What is stent
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a condition that is a form of vasculitis involving several small and medium arteries at the same time
What is polyarteritis
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