FMCSA Medical Examiner Handbook

angi/o vessel aorto/o aorta arteri/o artery ather/o fatty substance brady- slow cardi/o heart centesis surgical puncture to aspirate fluid -ectomy excision or surgical removal embol/o embolus endo- within -gram record; x-ray film hemangi/o blood vessels itis inflammation lysis loosening; dissolution; separating litho stone my/o muscle -otomy ... ................
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