Word meanings
Cardiovascular
What is pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
Eyes
What is opt/I?
Bronchitis
What is inflammation of the breathing tubes?
Hypotension
Hypo=Below
tension=Pressure
Agonal
What is relating to or associated with the act of dying
Myocardium
What is the muscular layer/tissue of the heart
Brain
What is encephal/o?
Pyothorax
What is the presence of Inflammatory fluid or pus within the chest cavity?
Cyanosis
Cyan=Blue
Osis=Condition
Peristalsis
What is successive waves of involuntary contraction passing along the walls of a hollow muscular structure
Hypoxia
What is low oxygen in your tissues
Mouth
What is Stomat/o?
Polydipsia
What is excessive or abnormal thirst?
Anesthesia
An=without
Esthesia=sensation
Polyphagia
what is excessive appetite or eating
Dyspnea
What is shortness of breath
Blood vessel
What is angi/o?
Epistaxis
What is nosebleeds?
Cystotomy
Cyst/o=bladder
Tomy=cutting
Hepatomegaly
What is the condition of having an enlarged liver
Echogenic
What is reflecting ultrasound waves
Tongue
What is glosso?
Hyperventilation
What is rapid or deep breathing?
Hemostasis
Hemo=blood
Stasis=halt
Anaphylaxis
What is hypersensitivity