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CardiovascularSystem
Word Parts
Term | Definition |
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angi/o | vessel (blood) |
aort/o | aorta; largest artery |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
ather/o | plaque; fatty buildup |
bol/o | cast; throw |
cardi/o | heart |
coagul/o | coagulation; clotting |
constrict/o | narrowing |
coron/o | heart |
cyan/o | blue |
dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
electr/o | electricity |
lumin/o | light |
my/o | muscle |
phleb/o | vein |
pulmon/o | lung |
rhythm/o | rhythm; heartbeat |
sept/o | wall; partition |
son/o | sound |
sphygm/o | pulse |
systol/o | contraction |
tens/o | stretched; strained |
thromb/o | clot |
tom/o | to cut |
vas/o | vessel; duct |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
ven/i, ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
venul/o | venule (small vein) |
a-, an- | not; without |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
dia- | through; complete |
echo- | reflected sound |
em- | in |
endo- | in; within |
epi- | on; over; upon |
hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
per- | through |
Peri- | around; surrounding |
tachy- | fast |
trans- | across |
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,-ic, -ous | pertaining to |
-ant | substance that promotes |
-ation | process; condition |
-e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
-ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
-emic | pertaining to blood condition |
-gram, | record; image |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ia | condition |
-in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
-ism | process; condition |
-itis | inflammation |
-ive | substance that promotes |
-lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
-meter | measure |
-or | one who (or something that takes action or does something |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-pathy | disease |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
-stenosis | narrowing; tightening |
-stomy | surgical opening |
-tension | pressure |
-tomy | process of cutting; incision |
-trophy | condition of growth or development |
-um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
-version | to turn |