Medical teminology - Root Words

Narrowing of blood vessels

• Venostasis

• Vasoconstriction

• Arteriosclerosis

• Erythrocyte

Substance that slows down damage caused by the effects of oxygen

• Antibodies

• Autoimmune

• Antioxidant

• Antibiotic

Heart

• Erythro

• Thrombo

• Hemo

• Card

Arteriosclerosis

• hardening of artery walls

• blood clot

• death of heart muscle cells

• walls between the lower heart chambers

Inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes

• bronchitis

• pericarditis

• pneumonia

• arthritis

blood clot

• Leukopenia

• Hemophilia

• Thrombus

• plasma

infection in the lungs

• pneumonia

• bronchitis

• pulmonary

• antioxidant

slow blood flow through a vein

• bradycardia

• vasoconstriction

• bradypnea

• venostasis

scientist who studies the causes and effects of disease

• psychologist

• Pathologist

• physicist

• plantologist

Leukopenia

• reduced number of plasma

• reduced number of platelets

• reduced number of red blood cells

• reduced number of white blood cells