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Gastrointestinal Tract and The Heart
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Undergraduate 2
03/17/2009
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Algesia

 Definition
Sense of pain
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Angi/o
 Definition
Vessel
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
Artery
Term
Cardiac Arrest
 Definition
Stopped Heart
Term
Dactyl/o
 Definition
Fingers
Term
Defibrillation
 Definition
Heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
Term
embolism
 Definition
obstruction of a blood vessel
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embolus
 Definition
foreign particle in the bloodstream
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Esthesia
 Definition
Feeling, sensation
Term
Fibrillation
 Definition
Very fast, Irregular heartbeat
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myel/o
 Definition
Spinal cord, bone marrow
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Phas/o
 Definition
speech
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Phleb/o
 Definition
Vein
Term
Plas/o
 Definition
formation
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Thrombosis
 Definition
Bloodclot occluding a vessel
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Thrombus
 Definition
a blood clot
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a-,an-

 Definition
Absent, without
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Dys-
 Definition
Bad, difficult, pain
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-emia
 Definition
Blood
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Macro-
 Definition
Large
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micro
 Definition
Small, Very small
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Poly-
 Definition
Many
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Sym-,syn-
 Definition
Together
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-orrhexis
 Definition
rupture, bursting apart
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-tripsy
 Definition
Rubbing, Crushing
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cheil/o
 Definition
Lips
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col/o
 Definition
colon
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Dent/o
 Definition
Teeth
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Esophag/o
 Definition
Esophagus
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Gingiv/o
 Definition
Gums
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Gloss/o
 Definition
Tongue
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Hepat/o
 Definition
Liver
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Pancreat/o
 Definition
Pancreas
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Proct/o
 Definition
Anus and rectum
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Rect/o
 Definition
rectum
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Stomat/o
 Definition
Mouth
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-scope,-scopy
 Definition
look, examine
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-toxin
 Definition
poison
Term
-clysis
 Definition
irrigation
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-ectasia
 Definition
stretching, dilation
Term
Pharynx
 Definition
Pharyng/o
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Enter/o

 Definition

Intestine
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Cholecyst/o
 Definition
Gallbladder
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Duoden/o
 Definition
Duodenum
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An/o
 Definition
Anus
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