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Angi/o - answer✔blood or lymph vessel
aort/o - answer✔aorta
arteri/o - answer✔artery
ather/o - answer✔plaque, fatty substance
brady- - answer✔slow
cardi/o - answer✔heart
-crasia - answer✔a mixture or blending
-emia - answer✔blood, blood condition
erythr/o - answer✔red
hem/o, heat/o - answer✔blood, relating to blood
leuk/o - answer✔white
phleb/o - answer✔vein
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tachy- - answer✔fast, rapid
thromb/o - answer✔clot
ven/o - answer✔vein
ACE inhibitor - answer✔blocks the action of the enzyme that causes the blood vessels to
contract resulting in hypertension
anemia - answer✔a deficiency of red blood cells
aneurysm - answer✔the balooning out of an artery wall at a point where it has grown weak
angina - answer✔a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to reduced oxygen
to the heart
angioplasty - answer✔an operation to repair a damaged blood vessel or unblock a coronary
artery
antocoagulant - answer✔inhibit specific clot factors
aplastic anemia - answer✔failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow
arrhythmia - answer✔an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart
atherectomy - answer✔surgical removal of plaque buildup from the interior of an artery
atheroma - answer✔a deposit of plaque on or within the arterial wall
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