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BLOOD AND LYMPHATIC
CARDIAC
PULMONARY
CIRCULATION
MISC
100
Cancer of the bone marrow, the blood-forming tissue in bone
What is Leukemia?
100
Recording of electrical events associated with the heartbeat.
What is electrocardiogram (ECG)?
100
Rapid breathing.
What is tachypnea?
100
A block in the pulmonary circulation caused by a traveling clot.
What is pulmonary embolism?
100
will interfere with normal clotting due to a reduction in platelets.
What is thrombocytopenia?
200
Medical term for abnormally large red blood cells.
What is macrocytosis?
200
An artificial scaffold used to prevent closure of an artery.
What is a stent?
200
The combining form that means chest.
What is thorac/o?
200
An abnormal heartbeat.
What is arrhythmia
200
Abnormally low blood flow to tissues.
What is ischemia?
300
A type of anemia that is caused by defective hemoglobin causing misshapen cells
What is sickle cell anemia?
300
The valve that channels blood from the left atrium into the left ventricle.
What is a mitral valve?
300
Medical term for coughing or spitting up blood.
What is hemoptysis?
300
A congenital defect where the opening between the pulmonary artery and aorta during fetal circulation fails to close after birth.
What is patent ductus arteriosus?
300
A blood test to determine infection in the blood.
What is a blood culture?
400
Abnormal loss of blood in circulatio,
What is hemorrhage?
400
Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
What is endocarditis?
400
A term that means absence of oxygen in the body.
What is anoxia?
400
A condition characterized by a weak left ventricle.
What is congestive heart failure?
400
Means heart pain.
What is cardiodynia?
500
Administration of a foreign substance with reduced ability to cause infection, providing prophylaxis.
What is vaccination?
500
A heart attack.
What is myocardial infarction?
500
The prefix meaning normal or good.
What is eu-?
500
This prevents blood loss following an injury.
What is platelets?
500
The combining form for irregular.
What is poikil/o?