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Cardiovascular
chabner medical terminology - short course
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -algia | pain |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -ia | condition, disease |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condiditon, abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -rrhage | bursting forth, of blood |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth, of blood |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -uria | urine condition |
| -al- | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ectomy | removal, resection, excision |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -lysis | separation, breakdown, destruction |
| -plasty | surgical repair, surgical correction |
| -scopy | process or visual examination |
| -stomy | opening |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, to cut into |
| -tome | to cut |
| -graph | to record |
| -scope | to visualize |
| -meter | to measure |
| -metry | measurement |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| phleb/o | vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| venul/o | venule |
| lymph/o | lymph fluid |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| HDL | high-density lipoprotiens |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotiens |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MUGA scan | imaging of heart motion |
| PET scan | positron emission tomography |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| PCI | percutaneous coronary intervention |
| ELISA | enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
| CT scan | Computed tomography |