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Combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes for the Cardiovascular system.

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