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Term | Definition |
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angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta; largest artery |
arteri/o | artery |
arterio/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 |
-tropy | condition of growth or development |
-um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
-version | to turn |
AV | atrioventricular |
BP | blood pressure |
bpm | beats per minute |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CAD | coronary artery disease |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
CV | cardiovascular |
ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram |
HTN | hypertension |
ICD | implantable cardioverter defibrillator |
LAD | left anterior descending |
MI | myocardial infarction |
mmHg | millimeter of mercury (a measure of blood pressure) |
MUGA | echocardiogram/multigated acquisition |
PAD | peripheral artery disease |
PET | positron emission tomography |
PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
PVCs | premature ventricular contractions |
SA | sinoatrial |
VSD | ventricular septal defect |