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med chap 5 terms
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Term | Definition |
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angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
ather/o | fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | heart |
embol/o | plug |
fibrin/o | fibers |
isch/o | to hold back |
myocardi/o | heart muscle |
phleb/o | vein |
sept/o | wall |
son/o | sound |
sphygm/o | pulse |
steth/o | chest |
tele/o | distant |
thromb/o | clot |
valv/o | valve |
valvul/o | valve |
varic/o | dilated vein |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
vas/o | vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventricl/o | ventricle |
venul/o | venule |
-cardia | heart condition |
-manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
-ole | small |
-pressor | to press down |
-spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
-tension | pressure |
-tonic | pertaining to tone |
-ule | small |
di- | two |
bi/o | life |
corpor/o | boldy |
cutane/o | skin |
duct/o | to lead |
electr/o | electricity |
esophag/o | esophagus |
hem/o | blood |
lip/o | fat |
my/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
pector/o | chest |
peripher/o | away from center |
pulmon/o | lung |
scler/o | hard |
-ac | pertaining to |
-al | pertaining to |
-ar | pertaining to |
-ary | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-logy | study of |
-lytic | destruction |
-megaly | enlarged |
-metry | process of measuring |
-oma | mass |
-ose | pertaining to |
-ous | pertaining to |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-therapy | treatment |
-tic | pertaining to |
a- | without |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
de- | without |
endo- | inner |
extra- | outside of |
hyper- | excessive |
hypo- | insufficient |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
poly- | many |
pre- | before |
re- | again |
tachy- | fast |
tetra- | four |
trans- | across |
ultra- | beyond |
aortic | pertaining to the aorta |
arterial | pertaining to an artery |
arteriolar | pertaining to an arteriole |
atrial | pertaining to an atrium |
atrioventricular | pertaining to the atrium and ventricle |
cardiac | pertaining to the heart |
coronary | pertaining to the heart |
corporeal | pertaining to the body |
interatrial | pertaining to between the atria |
interventricular | pertaining to between the ventricles |
myocardial | pertaining to the heart muscle |
valvular | pertaining to a valve |
vascular | pertaining to a blood vessel |
venous | pertaining to a vein |
venular | pertaining to a venule |