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Med Term Chap. 5
Cardiovascular-Word Parts
Question | Answer |
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aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o, arter/o | artery |
ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
atri/o | atrium |
capill/o | capillaries |
card/o, cardi/o | heart |
chromat/o, chrom/o | color |
coron/o | crown or coronary |
cyt/o | cell |
ech/o | sound |
electr/o | electric or electricity |
embol/o | something inserted or thrown in |
erythr/o | red |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood, relating to blood |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
isch/o | to hold back |
leuk/o | white |
phleb/o | vein |
plast/o | growth, development, mold |
scler/o | hardening |
sept/o | partition |
sphygm/o | pulse |
sten/o | narrow, contracted, contraction |
steth/o | chest |
thromb/o | clot |
valvul/o, valv/o | valve |
varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein |
vas/o | vessel, vas deferns |
vascul/o | blood vessels |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain, small chamber |
an- | no, not, without |
brady- | slow |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
peri- | surrounding, around |
re- | again, back |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
-al | pertaining to |
-crasia | mixture or blending |
-ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-graphy | process of producing a picture record |
-ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
-ic | pertaining to |
-ism | condition, state of |
-itis | inflammation |
-lytic | to reduce, destroy |
-necrosis | tissue death |
-ologist | specialist |
-oma | tumor, neoplasm |
-osis | abnormal condition, disease |
-penia | deficiency, lack, to few |
-rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
-sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping |
-stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
-stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
-tic | pertaining to |
-us | thing, singular noun ending |