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algesia
sense of pain
angio
vessel
arterio
artery
cardiac arrest
stopped heart
dactylo
fingers
myelo
spinal cord, bone marrow
defibrillation
heart shocked to a regular beat
phaso
speech
embolism
obstruction of a blood vessel
plaso
formation
phleb/o
vein
embolus
foreign particle in the bloodstream
thrombosis
blood clot occluding a vessel
esthesia
feeling, sensation
thrombus
blood clot
fibrillation
very fast, irregular heartbeat
a-, an-
absent, without
brady-
slow
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
macro-
large
micro
small
tachy-
fast
poly-
many
sym-, syn-
together
-orrhexis
rupture, bursting apart
-tripsy
rubbing, crushing
-emia
blood
heart
muscular pump of the cardiovascular system; pumps blood to the lungs and body systems and receives blood back for recirculation
lung
pneumon/o
bradycardia
abnormally slow heart action
tachycardia
abnormally fast/rapid heart action
coronary thrombus
blood clot occluding coronary heart vessel
defibrillation
using electrical impulse to shock heart into a regular heartbeat
-osis
abnormal or diseased
cardioangiogram
radiographic picture of the heart vessels
arteriosclerosis
hardening of the arteries
phlebosclerosis
hardening of the veins
phlebotomy
incision into a vein
phlebitis
inflammation of a vein
thromboangitis
inflammation of a vessel with formation of a clot
thrombectomy
excision of a clot
thrombophlebitis
inflammation of a vein with a thrombus formation
thrombosis
a condition caused by a clot
thrombocyte
a cell that aids in clotting
thromboid
resembling a clot
cystorrhexis
rupture of the bladder
enterorrhexis
rupture of the small intestine
angiorrhexis
rupture of a blood vessel
cardiorrhexis
rupture of the heart
heptaorrhagia
hemorrhage of the liver
rhinorrhea
runny nose
salpingorrhaphy
suturing/joining of the fallopian tubes
anesthia
a condition of being without feeling
anesthesiology
the study or science of removing feeling
esthesiometer
instrument for measuring feeling or sensation
hyperesthesia
abnormally intense feeling or sensation
anemic
a condition of less blood
analgesia
without sensitivity to pain
anesthesiologist
someone who studies and specializes in the science of removing feeling
astomia
without a mouth
afebrile
without fever
anodontia
toothless
aphasia
speechless
tachyphasia
abnormally fast speech
bradyphasia
abnormally slow speech
dysphasia
pain or difficulty when speaking
neuralgia
pain along the the course of a nerve
neurotripsy
crushing destruction of a nerve
cholelithotripsy
surgical crushing of gallstones
myel
bone marrow, spinal cord
myeloblast
immature bone marrow
myelocele
hernia of a spinal cord
dysplasia
bad, defective, poor abnormal formation
hyperplasia
excessive development in the formative years
chondrodysplasia
bad (defective) development of cartilage
osteochondrodysplasia
defective formation of bone and cartilage
-tripsy
rubbing, crushing procedure
lith/o
calculus
micron
unit of measurement (1/1000 mm)
myelogram
radiographic exam of the spinal cord
macrocephalus
abnormally large head
macroglossia
abnormally large tongue
macrotia
abnormally large ears
macrorhinia
abnormally large nose
macrocheilia
abnormally large lips
macrococcus
abnormally large coccus
macrocyte
abnormally large cell
dactylomegaly
abnormally large fingers/toes
dactylitis
inflammation of a digit
dactylospasm
spasms of a digit
dactylogram
a fingerprint
path
disease
polyarthritis
inflammation of many joints
synergetic
working together
synarthrosis
a fused joint that moves as one
syndactylism
fingers grown together as one
analgesia
without sensitivity to pain
hypoesthesia
abnormal lack of sensitivity to pain
hysterorrhexis
ruptured uterus
micrometer
measuring the diameter of something microscopic
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