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Cardiovascular #1
Cardiovascular combining forms vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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widened blood vessel | aneurysm/o |
vessel (usually blood or lymph) | angi/o |
inflammation of blood vessels | vascul/o |
aorta | aort/o |
artery | arteri/o |
arteriole | arteriol/o |
atrium | atri/o |
fatty plaque | ather/o |
heart | cardi/o |
electricity | electr/o |
embolus (plug) | embol/o |
blood vessels | hemangi/o |
muscle | my/o |
vein | phleb/o |
vein | ven/o |
hardening | scler/o |
septum | sept/o |
pulse | sphygm/o |
narrowing or stricture | sten/o |
blood clot | thromb/o |
ventricle of the heart or brain | ventricul/o |
record, writing | -gram |
instrument for recording | -graph |
process of recording | -graphy |
pulse | -sphyxia |
narrowing, stricture | -stenosis |
slow | brady- |
in, within | endo- |
outside | extra- |
around | peri- |
rapid | tachy- |
across | trans- |