| A | B |
|---|
| cardi/o, card/o | heart |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ven/o, phleb/o | veins |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| aort/o | main trunk of arterial system |
| plasm/o | liquid portion of blood |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph glands |
| splen/o | removes worn out red blood cells |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| coronary | pertaining to heart vessels |
| ischemic or ischemia | deficiency of blood flow |
| myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| infarct | area of necrosis |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| dysrhythmia | irregular heartbeat |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heartbeat, <60 bpm |
| tachycardia | abnormally fast heartbeat, >100 bpm |
| palpitation | pounding or racing heartbeat |
| palpation | using hands and fingers to assess size, location, texture... |
| sphygmomanometer | instrument used to measure blood pressure |
| stethoscope | instrument used to listen to sounds within the body |
| angi/o | blood vessels |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -osis | abnormal condition or disease |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| aneurysm | weak spot in the wall of artery |
| varicose veins | swollen veins |
| erythrocytopenia, anemia | deficiency of red blood cells |
| febrile | to have a fever |
| afebrile | without fever |
| pyrosis | abnormal condition of a fever |
| -thermia | heat |
| hyperthermia | body temperature above normal |
| hypothermia | body termperature below normal |
| antibiotic | used to treat bacterial infections |
| vaccine | used to present infectious diseases |
| BP | blood pressure |
| EKG, ECG | electrocardiogram |
| electr/o | electric, electricity |
| ECHO | echocardiogram |
| ech/o | sound |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| HR | heart rate |
| P | pulse |
| hypertension | higher than normal blood pressure |
| hypotension | lower than normal blood pressure |
| Rh | blood type |
| RR | respiration rate |
| average normal T | 98.6 degrees F (Fahrenheit) |
| VS | vital signs |
| T | temperature |
| Hct | hematocrit, separation of blood |
| Hgb | hemoglobin, protein in the blood |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CBC | complete blood cell count |
| average normal RR | 10-20 bpm |
| average normal P | 60-100 bpm |
| -penia | deficiency of |
