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Leaflet
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Thin, flattened structures that compose a heart valve
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Lumen
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The channel within a tubular space within an organ or structure
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Aneurysm/o
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Widened blood vessel (weak)localized abnormal dialation of a vessel, usually an artery
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Angi/ovascul/o
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Vessel, usually blood or lymph
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Ather/o
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Fatty plaque
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Embol/othromb/o
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Circulating blood clotstatic blood clot
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Ven/ophleb/o
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Vein
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Scler/o
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Hardening
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Sept/o
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Septum
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Sphygm/o--sphyxia
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Pulse
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Sten/o--stenosis
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Narrowing, stricture
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Fibrillation
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Quivering or spontaneous muscle contractions, especially of the heart, causing ineffectual contractions
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Endo--
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In, within
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Extra--
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Outside
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Arrest
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Condition of being stopped, or bringing to a stop
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