Break It Down Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

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Identify, break down, and define 10 medical terms relating to the circulatory or respiratory systems.

Ex. Cardiomyopathy cardi/o- heart my/o- muscle -pathy disease

1. arteriosclerosis arteri/o artery scler/o hardening -sis state of

2. cardiomegaly cardi/o heart -megaly enlargement

3. phlebitis phleb/o vein -it is inflammation

4. tachycardia tachy- fast cardi/o heart

5. valvuloplasty valvul/o valve -plasty surgical repair

6. myelopoiesis myel/o bone marrow -poiesis formation

7. monoblast mon/o one, single blast/o developing cell, germ cell

8. hemostasis hemat/o blood -sis state of

9. phagocyte phag/o eat, swallow -cyte cell

10. sideropenia sider/o iron -penia abnormal reduction (in number)