Medical Terminology- Chapter 8- Cardiovascular System

Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach

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Diaphoresis
Profuse sweating
Incompetent
Inability to adequately perform a given function or action
Leaflet
Thin flattened structure
Malaise
Vague uneasy feeling of the body weakness, distress, or discomfort
Occlusion
blockage; the state of being closed
Patent
Open and unblocked
Prophylaxis
Preventive measure or technique
Viscosity
State of being sticky or gummy
Aneurysm/o
A widening, a widened blood vessel
Angi/o orvascul/o
Vessel (usually blood or lymph)
Aort/o
Aorta
Arteri/o
Artery
Arteriol/o
Arteriole
Atri/o
Atrium
Ather/o
Fatty plaque