| A | B |
|---|
| hemat/o | blood |
| -ologist | specialist |
| embulus | foreign object floating in bld |
| capillary | one cell thick |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| holter monitor | 24 hour EKG |
| septicemia | bld poisoning |
| thrombocytes | platelets smallest element of bld |
| anti- | against |
| hemoglobin | transports O2 |
| systolic | highest pressure against wall |
| -cide | death/murder |
| metastasize | cancer travels from a site |
| rickettsia | cx of rocky moutain fever |
| ELISA | confirm HIV |
| adenoids | nasopharyngeal |
| benign | non life threatening |
| T cells | kills infected cells on contact/poison |
| angina pectoris | chest pain |
| thrombosis | condition of clots |
| polyarteritis | inflammation of many arteries |
| phleb/- | vein |
| nitroglycerin | given to relieve chest pain |
| CO2 O2 and Nitrogen | blood gases |
| cytoxic drug | drug kills cells |
| anaphylaxis | severe shock |
| Antibiotics | chemical substance kills pathogens |
| onc/o | cancer |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| SA node | natural pacemaker of heart |
| -ectomy | removal |
| ather/o | plaque |
| -itis | inflammation |
| endo- | within |
| my/o | muscle |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chicken pox | varicella |
| shingles | herbes zoster |
| mononucleosis | epstein-barr virus |
| rabies | infected animals carrier |
| cocci | round bacteria |
| bacilli | rod shaped bacteria |
| spirochettes | spiral shaped |
| strepococci | form a chain |
| staphococci | clusters or group of bacteria |
| bundle of his, SA, AV, purkenje fibers | heart electrical system |
| fungus yeast, bacilli, spirochettes | types of pathogens |
| virus, strep, staph, cocci | types of pathogens |
