Medical Terminology / Unit 3 MedTerm 0157 short lesson, about 20 seconds
brady-: Slow
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The idea
The prefix brady means slow or decelerated.
In practice
Bradycardia is an abnormally slow heart rate.
Where people slip
Brady and tachy are opposites and describe rate rather than quantity.
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