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The Modified Valsalva Maneuver is a technique used to treat certain types of abnormal heart rhythms, such as supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). It is a variation of the traditional Valsalva Maneuver, which is a technique that involves bearing down as if you were trying to have a bowel movement. The Modified Valsalva Maneuver involves taking a deep breath, bearing down as if you were trying to have a bowel movement, and then blowing out against a closed glottis (the space between your vocal cords) for about 15 to 20 seconds. This technique increases pressure in the chest and can help to interrupt the abnormal electrical signals that are causing the SVT. It is important to note that this technique should only be performed under the guidance of a healthcare professional, and only if you have been diagnosed with a condition that it is known to be effective against. Additionally, it's not recommended to try this technique if you have a heart condition or if you're not sure what is causing your symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention if you are experiencing symptoms of abnormal heart rhythm, as it can be potentially life-threatening if not treated promptly. Your healthcare professional will help you determine the best course of treatment, which may include the Modified Valsalva Maneuver, medications, or other procedures such as electrical cardioversion or catheter ablation.
Name | Country | Type |
-ac | greek | "one afflicted with" |
-alis | latin | "related to" or "pertaining to" |
-ase | greek | "enzyme" |
-ation | latin | "process" |
-cide (-cīda) | latin | "killer" or "killing" |
-dynia / odúnē (ὀδύνη) | greek | "pain" |
-emia / haima (αἷμα) | greek | blood |
-iatry / iatrós (ἰατρός) | greek | "healer" |
-ism | ||
-itis | greek | "inflammation" |
-ium | latin | "tissue" or structure" |
-olus | latin | "small" |
-oma | greek | "swelling" or "tumor" |
-opsy / opsis (ὄψῐς) | greek | "view" or "examination" |
-ose | latin | "sugar" or "carbohydrate" |
-osis | greek | "pathological" or "abnormal condition" |
-rupt | latin | "erupt" or "break" or "burst" |
-sy | greek | "pathological condition" |
a- | greek | "deprive" or "without" or "from, away from, off" |
ab- | latin | "from", "away from" |
abdomin (abdōmen) | latin | "abdomen", "fat around the belly" |
absorbēre | latin | "to absorb" |
acanth / akantha (ἄκανθα) | greek | "thorn" or "spine" |
acro / akron (ἄκρον) | greek | "extremity", "topmost" |
acutus | latin | "sharp" |
ad- | latin | "near" |
aden (ἀδήν, ἀδέν-) | greek | "gland" |
adips | latin | "fat" or "fatty tissue" |
aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος) | greek | "air" or "gas" |
aesthesis (αἴσθησις ) | greek | "sensation" |
akoustikós (ἀκουστικός) | greek | "hearing" |
albus | latin | "white" or "pale color" |
algos (ἄλγος) | greek | "pain" |
amine | ||
amnion (ἄμνιο) | greek | pertaining to the amnion (membranous fetal sac) |
amphi (ἀμφί) | latin | "on both sides" or "both of two" |
amylon | greek | "starch" |
an- | greek | "not" or "without" |
ana (ἀνα) | greek | "up" or "widening" |
andr (ἀνδρ, ἀνήρ) | greek | "male" |
aneurysma | greek | "dilation" |
angere | latin | "to choke" or "to strangle" |
angi | greek | "blood vessel" |
anisos (ἄνῑσος) | greek | "unequal" |
ankulos (ἀγκύλος) | greek | "bent" or "crooked" or "curved" |
anthropos (άνθρωπος) | greek | "human" |
anti- | greek | "against" or "opposed" |
aortikos | greek | "pertaining to the aorta" |
appendere | latin | "to hang something on" |
arteria (αρσενικός) | greek | "windpipe" or "air hose" or "artery" |
arthro- (ἄρθρον) | greek | "joint" |
askos | greek | "bag" or "sack" |
astma | greek | "panting" or "shortness of breath" |
ather (ἀθάρη) | "fatty deposit" or "soft gruel-like deposit" | |
atopos (ἄτοπος) | greek | "out of place" |
autos (αὐτός) | greek | "self" or "the same" |
bacillus | latin | "rod-shaped" |
bakterion (βακτήριον) | greek | "small staff" |
basis (βάσις) | greek | "foundation" or "base" |
bi | latin | "twice" or "double" |
bios (βίος) | greek | "life" |
blastos (βλαστός) | greek | "germinate" or "bud" |
brachus (βραχύς) | greek | "short" or "little" or "shallow" |
bradus (βραδύς) | greek | "slow" |
bronkhos | greek | "windpipe" or "throat |
bursa | greek | "purse" |
candidus | latin | "white" |
capillus | latin | "hair" |
capit | latin | "the head" |
cellula | latin | "small cell" |
cephalo (kephalḗ - κεφαλή) | greek | "the head" |
chir / kheir (χείρ) / kheiro (χειρο) | greek | "hand" |
chlor- | greek | "green" |
chole / khole (χολή) | greek | "bile" |
chronos | greek | "time" |
cingulum | latin | "belt or girdle" |
cis | latin | "on this side" |
clast / klastos (κλαστός) | greek | "broken" or "break" |
co | latin | "with" or "together" or "in association" |
coccus / kokkos (κόκκος) | greek | "round" or "spherical" |
congenitus | latin | "born with" |
conjunctiv | ||
contra | latin | "against" |
corona | latin | "crown" or "garland" |
cortex | latin | "outer region" |
crine / krino (κρίνω) | greek | "to secrete" or "separate" or "discern" or "divide" |
croupe | old french | "rump" or "haunch" |
cryo | greek | "cold" |
cyan- | greek | "blue" |
cystis | latin | "bladder" |
dactyl / dáktulos (δάκτυλος) | greek | "finger" or "toe" |
de- | latin | "deprive" or "from, away from, off" |
dent / dens / dentis | latin | "teeth" |
derma | greek | "skin" |
dia (διά) | greek | "through" or "across" |
diabainein | greek | "to pass through" |
diplo | greek | "double" |
dipsa (δίψα) | greek | "thirst" |
dromos (δρόμος) | greek | "a running" or "a course" |
dupli | latin | "double" |
dura / durus | latin | "hard" |
dys- | greek | "difficult" or "abnormal" |
ecto / ektós (ἐκτός) | greek | "outer" or "outside" |
ectomy / ektome (ἐκτομή) | greek | "excision" or "removal of body part" |
eidos | greek | "form" or "shape" |
emphysao | greek | "to blow" or "to inflate" |
en- | latin | "in" |
endo | greek | "inside" |
enteron | latin | "intestine" |
epi- (ἐπι-) | greek | "up" or "before" or "outside" |
epilepsia (ἐπιληψία) | greek | "seizure" or "to seize" |
equi | latin | "equal" |
erythr- | greek | "red" |
erythro /eruthrós (ἐρυθρός) | greek | "red" |
esophageal | ||
eurys | greek | "wide" or "broad" |
exo (ἔξω) | greek | "external" or "outside of" |
externa | latin | "external" |
febris | latin | "fever" |
filum | latin | "thread" or "hair-like" |
folliculus | latin | "small bag" or "sack" |
galaktos | greek | "milk" |
gaster | greek | "stomach" |
genos (γένος) | greek | "to produce" or "kind" |
gland | ||
glaucos (γλαυκός) | greek | "grey" or "bluish-grey color" |
gnosis (γνῶσις) | greek | "knowledge" |
gonos (γόνος) | greek | "seed", "semen", "reproductive" |
gramma (γράμμα) | greek | "picture" |
graphia (γραφία) | greek | "written" or "drawn" or "recording" |
gutta | latin | "a drop" |
gyno | greek | "woman" |
hemi | greek | "half" |
hepar | greek | "liver" |
hernia | latin | "a rupture" |
herpes | greek | "to creep" or "to crawl" |
heteros (ἕτερος) | greek | "two" or "another" or "different" |
histemi | greek | "to stand" |
homeo / homoios (ὅμοιος) | greek | "similar" |
hydro / hudor (ὕδωρ ) | greek | "water" |
hyper | greek | "excessive" or "above normal" |
hypo- | greek | "under" or "below normal" |
iasis | greek | "disease" |
immunis | latin | "exempt" or "free from" |
infectio | latin | "pollution" or "contamination" |
inflammare | latin | "to set on fire" |
inter | latin | "between" |
interstice | english | "narrow space" |
interstitial | ||
intrā | latin | "within" |
ischaimos | greek | "to hold back" or "to restrain" |
iso | greek | "equal" |
ite / ites (ίτης) | greek | "resembling" |
kalium | latin | "potassium" |
kardia | greek | "heart" |
karpos (καρπός) | greek | "wrist" |
kata (κατά) | greek | "down" or "under" |
kerato | greek | cornea |
khalasis | greek | "relaxation" |
kirrhos | greek | orange-yellow |
kloster (κλωστήρ) | greek | "spindle" or "thread" |
kolon | greek | "colon" |
kranion | greek | "skull" |
kuphós (κυφός) | greek | "humped" or "bent forward" or "stooping" |
kustis (κυστις) | greek | "bladder" or "pouch" |
labi / labia / labium | latin | "lip" |
lac | latin | "milk" |
lateralis | latin | "belonging to the side" |
latus | latin | "side" |
leuc- | greek | "white" |
leuk- | greek | "white" |
lipos (λίπος) | greek | "fat" |
lithos (λῐ́θος) | greek | "stone" |
lupus | latin | "wolf" |
lympha | latin | "clear water" or "lymph" |
lysis / lúsis (λῠ́σῐς) | greek | "destruction" or "separation" |
macros (μᾰκρός) | greek | "large" or "long" |
mal- | latin | "poorly, badly" |
mamma | latin | "breast" |
mammilla | latin | "nipple" |
manus | latin | "hand" |
mastos (μαστός) | greek | "breast" |
melan- | greek | "black" |
meninx | greek | "membrane" |
mesenterium | latin | "middle intestine" |
mesos (μέσος) | latin | "middle" |
metr- / metra (μήτρᾱ) | greek | "uterus" |
migraine | french | "severe headache" |
monos (μονός) | greek | "single" |
morphe (μορφή) | greek | "form" or "shape" |
multi | latin | "many" |
musculus | latin | "muscle" |
muxa (μύξᾰ) | greek | "mucus" |
myelos | greek | "marrow" or "spinal cord" |
myo- | greek | "muscle" |
natus | latin | "born" |
nekros (νεκρός) | greek | "death" |
neos (νέος) | greek | "new" |
nephros | greek | "kidney" |
neuron (νεῦρον) | greek | "nerve" |
neutrophil | ||
neutros | greek | "neutral" referencing "neutrophils" |
oculus | latin | "eye" |
oesophagus / oisophagos (οἰσοφάγος) | greek | "gullet" or "passage for food" |
oisophagos | greek | "gullet" or "entrance to the stomach" |
oisos | greek | "equal" |
oligos (ὀλῐ́γος) | greek | "few" |
onkos (ὄγκος) | greek | "tumor" |
oo / oion (ᾠόν) / oio (ᾠο) | greek | "egg" or "ovum" |
oral / oris | latin | "mouth" |
oric | "pylorus" | |
osteo | greek | "bone" |
ous | greek | "ear" |
pachy / pakhus (πᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "thick" or "large" or "stout" |
paidos (παιδός ) / pais (παῖς) | greek | "child" |
panniculus | greek | "a small rag" or "a small piece of cloth" |
para- | greek | "beside" or "near" |
pathia | latin | "feeling/suffering" or "disorder/disease" |
pathos | greek | "disease" |
pauci | latin | "few" |
pectus | latin | "breast" or "chest" |
ped / pes | latin | "foot" |
penia (πενῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "deficiency" or "poverty" |
pepsis / pepsia / peptos (πεπτός) / pesso (πέσσω) | greek | "digestion" |
peri- | greek | "around" |
phagia (φαγία) / phagos (φᾰ́γος) / phagein (φᾰγεῖν) | greek | "to eat" |
phall / phallus / phallos (φαλλός) | greek | "penis" |
pherien | greek | "to carry" |
philo- / philia (φῐλῐ́ᾱ) | greek | "loving" |
phobia / phóbos (φόβος) | greek | "fear" |
phone (φωνή) | greek | "sound" |
photo- (φωτω-) / phos (φῶς) / phaos (φᾰ́ος) | greek | light |
pituita | latin | "phlegm" |
plasis (πλᾰ́σῐς) / plastos (πλαστός) | greek | "formed" or "molded" or "growth" |
pleio- / pleion (πλεῖον) | greek | "multiple" |
pleura | greek | "rib" |
pne-, pneuma (πνεῦμα), pnein (πνεῖν), pneumatos (πνεύματος) | greek | "air" or "breath" or "lung" |
pod- (ποδ-) / -pous (πούς) | greek | "foot" |
poly | greek | "many" |
porosis / poros (πόρος) | greek | "porous" |
post | latin | "after" or "behind" |
pre / prae | middle english and latin | "before" |
primus | latin | "first" or "most important" |
pro- | latin | "before" |
proct / proktos (πρωκτός) | greek | "anus" or "rectum" |
prolactin | hormone | |
prostates | greek | "one who stands before" |
protos (πρωτος) | greek | "first" or "most important" |
pseudo (ψεύδω) | greek | "lie" or "deceive" |
psora (ψώρα) | greek | "itch" or "mange" |
psych / psykhe (ψυχή) | greek | "breath" or "life" or "soul" |
pulmo | latin | "lung" |
pulos | greek | "gatekeeper" |
Pyloros / puloros (πυλωρός) | greek | "gate keeper" |
refluere | latin | to flow back" |
renes / ren | latin | "kidneys" |
retro | latin | "backward" or "behind" |
rhea / rhoia (ῥοίᾱ) | greek | "flow" or "discharge" |
rheuma | greek | "a swelling" or "a stream" |
rhino (ῥίς) / rhis (ῥίς) | greek | "nose" |
rhod- | greek | "red" |
salping- (σαλπιγγ-) / salpinx (σᾰ́λπῐγξ) | greek | "trumpet" |
sangui / sanguine | latin | "blood" |
sapros (σαπρός) | greek | "rotten" or "putrid" |
sarco- / sarx (σάρξ) | greek | "flesh" |
scabere | latin | "to scratch" |
schist / skhistos (σχῐστός) | greek | "divided" or "split" |
schizo (σχῐ́ζω) / skhizein (σχῐ́ζειν) | greek | "split" or "double-sided" |
semi | latin | "half" |
sepsis | greek | "decay" or "putrefaction" |
sinus | latin | "cavity" or "curve" |
situs | latin | "place" |
sklerosis (σκληρόςσῐς) / skleros (σκληρός) | greek | "hard" or "hardening" |
skolios (σκολιός) | greek | "crooked" or "bent" |
somnus | latin | "sleep" |
stasis (στᾰ́σῐς) | greek | "set" or "place" or "standing still" |
stenos (στενός) | greek | "narrow" |
stethos (στῆθος) | greek | "Upper chest" |
struma | latin | "swelling" or "tumor" |
sub | latin | "beneath" or "under" |
super | latin | "above" or "superior" |
supra | latin | "above" |
syn | greek | "together" |
syndrome | ||
syrinx | greek | "tube" or "pipe" |
tachy / takhus (τᾰχῠ́ς) | greek | "fast" or "rapid" |
tetanos (τέτανος) | greek | "rigid" or "taut" |
thrombos (θρόμβος) | greek | "clot" or "lump" |
tonos | greek | "tension" |
trismos | greek | to "a biting together" or "gnash the teeth" or "to grind" |
trismus | greek | "lockjaw" |
trophic | greek | "nourishment" |
ulcus | latin | "sore" or "wound" |
vagina | latin | "sheath" or "scabbard" |
vasculum | latin | "small vessel" |
vena | latin | "vein" |
ventricular | latin | "pertaining to the ventricles" |
vita | latin | "life" |
xenos (ξένος) | greek | "foreign" |
xiphos (ξῐ́φος) | greek | "sword" |
ze- / zeo (ζέω) | greek | "boil" or "bubble" or "seethe" |
zoo / zoion (ζῷον) | greek | "animal" or "animal life" |
zoster | latin | "belt or girdle" |
zym / zyme (ζύμη) | greek | "fermentation" or "leaven" |