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Medical Terminology Lesson 10
Cardiovascular System
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Undergraduate 2
05/02/2010
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Term
AMYL-
 Definition
starch
Term
ANGIN-
 Definition
choking pain, angina pectoris (chest pain)
Term
AORT-
 Definition
aorta (great artery of heart)
Term
ARCT(AT)-
 Definition
compress
Term
ATHER-
 Definition
fatty deposit
Term
ATRI-
 Definition
atrium
Term
BOL-
 Definition
a throwing
Term
CAPILL
 Definition
capillary
Term
CIRS-
 Definition
dilated and twisted vein, varix
Term
-CLUD-, -CLUS-
 Definition
close
Term
COR, CORD-
 Definition
heart
Term
CORON-
 Definition
crown
Term
CUSP-, -CUSPID
 Definition
point
Term
DEXTR-
 Definition
right (side)
Term
-FORM
 Definition
shape
Term
GURGIT-, GURGITAT-
 Definition
flood, flow
Term
PECTOR-
 Definition
breast, chest
Term
PHLEB-
 Definition
vein
Term
PULM(ON)-
 Definition
lung, pulmonary artery
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RHYTHM-
 Definition
heartbeat
Term
SEPT-
 Definition
wall, partition
Term
SIN-, SINUS-
 Definition
sinus
Term
SINISTR-
 Definition
left (side)
Term
SPHYGM-
 Definition
pulse
Term
STAL-, STOL-
 Definition
send, contraction
Term
TENS(I)-
 Definition
stretch
Term
THROMB-
 Definition
blood clot
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TOP-
 Definition
place
Term
VAG-
 Definition
the vagus nerve
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VARIC, VARIX
 Definition
dilated and twisted vein, varix
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VAS-
 Definition
(blood) vessel; vas deferens
Term
VEN-
 Definition
vein
Term
VENTR-
 Definition
belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity
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