-
/cordial
relating to the chest overlying the heart
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-
-
/globin
oxygen carrier in the erythrocytes
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/lingual
relating to the tongue
-
/rhythmia
heart rhythm condition
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/spasm
spasm/o
contraction
-
/sufficient
/sufficiency
- adequate or functional
- condition of adequacy or normal funtion
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/uresis
/uria
- to urinate
- condition of (frequent) urination
-
/urnal
every (day or night)
-
-
abnormal heart sounds
- thrill
- murmur
- bruit
- heave
- lift
- gallop
-
angina pectoris
chest pain
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-
-
ather/o
fatty degeneration
-
atrial flutter
irregular heart beat without a pattern
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azyg/o
azygos
azygos vein
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-
-
-
CHF, congestive heart failure
-
cor pulmonale
- pulmonary heart disease
- heart failure
-
coronary arteries
- LAD (left anterior descending)
- circumflex
- collateral
- diagonal
- obtuse marginal
-
-
-
-
-
-
embol/o
- embolus
- floating clot or foreign body in the blood stream
-
-
-
foramen
- magnum
- ovale
- of Monro
- of Bochdalek
- of Magendie
-
-
heart block
- AV block
- left bundle branch block (LBBB)
- right bundle branch block (RBBB)
-
heart disease callsifications
- NYHA (New York Heart Association)
- CCVS (Canadian Cardiovascular Society)
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-
-
ino/
related to fiber or fibrous material
-
-
JVD, jugular venous distention
-
-
LAE, left atrial enlargement
RAE, right atrial enlargement
-
layers of blood vessels
- tunica intima
- tunica media
- tunica externa
-
lumin/o
- lumen or space inside a tube
- light measurement
-
LVEDP, left ventricualr end-diastolic pressure
-
LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy
LAH, left atrial hypertrophy
RVH, right ventricular hypertrophy
RAH, right atrial hypertrophy
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major arteries
- carotid
- subclavian
- celiac axis or trunk
- mesenteric
- ductus ateriosus (ligamentum arteriosum)
-
major veins
- saphenous
- azygos
- portal
- circle of Willis
- ductus venosus
-
MI, myocardial infarction
-
mitr/o
mitral or left AV heart valve
-
mm3
cc
cm3
- cubic millimeter
- cubic centimeter
-
multiple numbers
- single
- double
- triple
- quadruple
- quintuple
- sextuple
-
neutr/o
- neutral
- white cells that don't stain
-
-
PDA, patent ductus arteriosus
-
phil/o
- love or attraction
- cells that attract a stain
-
-
PND, paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
-
pulsat/o
relating to a pulse
-
RHD, rheumatic heart disease
-
-
SBE, subacute bacterial endocarditis
-
SEM, systolic ejection murmur
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small vessels
- arterioles
- venules
- capillaries
-
-
sphygm/o
relating to the pulse
-
-
-
varic/o
varicos/o
varicose or pathologically dilated veins
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