| A | B |
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| pericardium | a double-walled membrane sac that encloses the heart |
| myocardium | heart muscle |
| septum | separating wall or partition |
| prefix phleb- | vein |
| hem- and hemat- | blood |
| macrophages | destroy erythrocytes in the spleen |
| artherosclerosis | hardening and narrowing of the arteries |
| necrosis | tissue death |
| pericarditis | inflammation of the pericardium |
| arrhythmia | loss of normal heart rhythm |
| fibrillation | rapid, random, and ineffective contractions of the heart. |
| bradycardia | abnormally slow heartbeat |
| tachycardia | abnormally fast heartbeat |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| aneurysm | balloon-like enlargement of an artery |
| angiospasm | spasmodic contraction of the blood vessels |
| angiostenosis | the narrowing of a blood vessel |
| hemangioma | a benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels |
| varicose veins | abnormally swollen veins usually occurring in the leg |
| hypoperfusion | a deficiency of blood passing through a body part |
| thrombus | a blood clot |
| occlusion | a blockage in a vessel |
| embolus | an object such as a clot or air circulating in the blood |
| hemorrhage | the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time |
| hematoma | a collection of blood trapped in the tissues |
| septicemia | toxins in the blood |
| triglycerides | lipids that circulate in the bloodstream |
| thrombocytopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of platelets |
| leukemia | malignancy of increasing abnormal leukocytes |
| anemia | lower than normal levels of red blood cells |
| hypertension | consistently elevated blood pressure |
| idiopathic | unknown cause |
| stent | small expander in a coronary artery to prevent collapse |
| defibrillation | use of electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm. |
| plasmapheresis | process of separating the plasma and formed elements from blood |
| hemostasis | control bleeding |
| anticoagulant | slows blood clotting |
| diuretics | increase urine secretion |
| beta-blocking drugs | slow the heartbeat |
| suffix -phage | destroys by eating or engulfing |
