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Medical Terminoloty (Chap 8)
Cardiovascular System
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
12/19/2007
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aneurysm/o
 Definition
a widening, a widened blood vessel
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angi/o

vescul/o

 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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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

ven/o

 Definition
vein
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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sept/o
 Definition
septum 隔膜；中隔
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sphygm/o
 Definition
pulse
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sten/o
 Definition
narrowing, stricture
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thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
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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
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pulse
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing, stricture 狭窄
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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endo-
 Definition
in, within
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extra-
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outside
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peri-
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around
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tachy-
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rapid
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trans-
 Definition
across
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