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The word meaning blood vessel
BONUS:
1. The word for the narrowing of blood vessels
2. The word for the widening of blood vessels
What is angio/vaso ?
1. What is vasoconstriction?
2. What is vasodilation?
pro, ante
What is the word for before?
lysis
What is the word for separate or destroy?
The word for fast
What is tachy?
gastr(o)
What is the word for stomach?
osis
What is the word for a condition?
hemolysis
What is destroy or separate blood cells?
heme: blood
lysis: separate/destroy
The word meaning kidney
What is Nephr/o ?
post
What is the word for after?
erythr(o)
What is the word for red?
The word for slow
What is brady?
heme
What is the word for blood?
pathy
What is the word for disease?
appendectomy
What is the removal of the appendix?
ectomy: removal
The word meaning joint
What is arthr/o ?
sub
What is the word for below?
itis
What is the word for inflammation?
oligo, hypo
What is the word for few?
osteo
What is the word for bone?
penia
What is the word for deficiency ?
hepatitis
What is the word for liver inflammation?
hepat(o): liver
itis: inflammation
The word meaning head
What is cephal(o)?
super, supra
What is the word for above?
cyto
What is the word for cell?
hemi
What is the word for half?
myo
What is the word for muscle?
phagia
What is the word for eating?
dyspnea
What is the word for difficulty breathing?
dys: difficult, painful
pnea: air, breathing
The word meaning chest
What is thorac(o)?
endo
What is the word for inside, inner or interior?
thromb(o)
What is the word for clot?
poly, hyper
What is the word for many or much?
histo
What is the word for tissue?
phasia
speech
supraclavicular
What is the word for above the clavicle?
supra: above
The word meaning self
What is auto?
juxta
What is the word for next to, beside or adjacent?
a, an
What is the word for without?
Ab
What is the word for away from?
pulmo, pneumo
What is the word for lung?
stasis, static
What is the word for maintenance of normal conditions?
oliguria
What is the word for not producing enough urine?
oligo: few
uri(a): urine