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10th Grade
01/18/2011
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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
dacyl/o
 Definition
digits
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defibrillation
 Definition
heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
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embolism
 Definition
obstruction of a blood vessel
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embolus
 Definition
foreign particle in the blood stream
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esthesia
 Definition
feeling, sensation
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fibrillation
 Definition
very fast, irregular heartbeat
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
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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
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plas/o
 Definition
formation
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thrombosis
 Definition
bloodclot occluding 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, painful
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-emia
 Definition
blood
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small, very small
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poly-
 Definition
many
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sym-, syn-
 Definition
together
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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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