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CARDIO Terminology
combining form/suffix/prefix | Answer |
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albumin/o | albumin,protein |
lip/o | fat |
angi/o | blood,lymph vessel |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
lipid/o | fat |
macr/o | large |
aort/o | aorta |
my/o | muscle |
arteri/o | artery |
phag/o | eating,swallowing |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
phleb/o | vein |
ather/o | plaque,fatty substance |
reticul/o | network |
atri/o | atrium |
scler/o | hardening |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
ser/o | serum |
cardi/o | heart |
sept/o | septum |
coron/o | coronary,crown |
septi/o | seven |
ech/o | sound |
septic/o | poison |
electr/o | electricity |
sten/o | narrowing |
embol/o | plug,embolus |
sphygm/o | pulse |
erythr/o | red |
thromb/o | clot,thrombus |
fibrill/o | muscular twitching |
valv/o | valve |
fibrin/o | fibrin,threads of a clot |
valvul/o | valve |
hem/o | blood |
vas/o | blood,lymph vessel |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
vascul/o | blood,lymph vessel |
hemat/o | blood |
ven/o | vein |
isch/o | hold back |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
leuk/o | white |
an- | without, less than |
anti- | against |
brady- | slow |
epi- | upper |
extra- | outside |
endo- | within |
per- | through |
peri- | around |
pro- | before, in behalf of |
tachy- | rapid, fast |
trans- | across |
-cyte | cell |
-crasia | mixture,blending |
-emia | blood, blood condition |
-fusion | pour |
-gram | record |
-graph | instrument to record |
-oma | tumor |
-itis | inflammation |
-penia | deficiency of |
-phage | cell that destroys, eats |
-spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
-stasis | stopping, controlling |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |