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11th Grade
05/31/2011
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aneurysm/o
 Definition
a widening, a widened blood vessel
Term
-rrhaphy
 Definition
suture, surgical closure
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angio/o
 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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vascul/o
 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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arteriol/o
 Definition
arteriole
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atri/o
 Definition
atrium
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ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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electr/o
 Definition
electricity
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embol/o
 Definition
plug
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hemangi/o
 Definition
blood vessel
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my/o
 Definition
muscle
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phleb/o
 Definition
vein
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-ectasis
 Definition
dilation, expansion
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varicosity
 Definition
dilation of a vein
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ven/o
 Definition
vein
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-stasis
 Definition
slow moving, standing still
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scler/o
 Definition

hardening; sclera

(white of eye)
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
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sept/o
 Definition
septum
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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sten/o
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
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-lysis
 Definition
separation, destruction, loosening
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ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle (of the heart or brain)
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-gram
 Definition
record, writing
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-graph
 Definition
instrument for recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-sphyxia
 Definition
pulse
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extra-
 Definition
outside
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peri-
 Definition
around
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trans-
 Definition
across
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