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Medical Terminology
Advanced MedTerm
100
Heart
What is Cardi(o)
100
Large cell
What is a macrocyte?
100
record, writing
What is gram?
100
Inflammation of a vein
What is phlebitis?
100
Localized dilation of a blood vessel wall (usually an artery) due to a congenital defect or weakness in the vessel wall.
What is an aneurysm?
200
Muscle
What is my(o)?
200
brady
What is slow?
200
Instrument for recording
What is a graph?
200
Enlargement of the heart
What is cardiomegaly?
200
Consistently elevated blood pressure, causing damage to the blood vessels and, ultimately, the heart
What is hypertension?
300
vein
What is phleb?
300
in, within
What is endo?
300
heart condition
What is cardia?
300
Pertaining to the veins
What is venous?
300
Soft blowing sound heard on auscultation caused by turbulent blood flow
What is a bruit?
400
Vessel
What is vascul(o)?
400
epi
What is above, upon?
400
Process of recording
What is graphy?
400
Destruction or breaking up of a blood clot
What is thrombolysis?
400
Surgery that opens a blocked artery by inflating a small balloon within a catheter to widen and restore blood flow in the artery
What is angioplasty?
500
Tension; stretch
What is ten, tens?
500
around
What is peri?
500
Narrowing; stricture
What is stenosis?
500
Involuntary contraction of a blood vessel
What is a vasospasm?
500
Severe sudden vasoconstriction and spasm in fingers and toes followed by cyanosis after exposure to cold temperature or emotional stress
What is Raynaud disease?