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2.01 Medical Terminology
Handout
Name:________________
Date:_________________
Directions: Review the circulatory system terms and definitions listed below. Use
these terms to write “new” compound words in the spaces below. Check you work in
your textbook or a dictionary to verify the compound words and the definition of each
one.
Medical Term
Definition
angio-
blood vessel
arterio-
artery
cardio-
heart
-cyte
cell
electro-
electric
erythro-
red
-gram
tracing, recording
hemo-
blood
leuko-
white
-orrhagia
hemorrhage
-penia
deficiency
phleb-
vein
-sclerosis
hardening
tachy-
fast
thrombo-
clot
Aorta
Deoxygenated
Diastolic
Systolic
Pacemaker
Veins
Arteries
Aneurysm
Angina pectoris
Arrhythmia
Bradycardia
tachycardia
embolus (embolism)
thrombus
atherosclerosis
arteriosclerosis
myocardial infarction
CPR
coronary artery disease
heart murmur