cardiovascular terms
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- END
- prefix meaning WITHIN
- ARTERI/O
- root word meaning ARTERY
- AL
- suffix meaning PERTAINING TO
- CARDI/O
- root word meaning HEART
- ATHER/O
- root word meaning PLAQUE
- DYSPLASIA
- an abnormal development or growth, especially of cells
- APLASTIC ANEMIA
- a form of anemia that is marked by an absence of all formed blood cells
- LEUKOPENIA
- an abnormal DECREASE of white blood cells
- ANGIECTOMY
- the surgical removal of a portion of a blood vessel
- ANGIOMEGALY
- the abnormal enlargement of a blood vessel
- ANGIORRHAPHY
- the suture repair of any vessel, especially of a blood vessel
- Veins abnormally swollen in the legs is known as ________________ veins.
- VARICOSE
- ENDARECTOMY
- the surgical removal of a lining of an artery
- The form of anemia that is characterized by a large abnormal RBC and reduced capacity to carry hemoglobin is _________ anemia.
- PERICIOUS