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CARDIOVASCULAR MEDIC
CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| albumin/o | albumin, protein |
| lip/o | fat |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| lipid/o | fat |
| angi/o | blood, lymph vessel |
| 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- | fast, rapid |
| trans- | across |
| -cyte | cell |
| -crasia | mixture, blending |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -fusion | pour |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -oma | tumor |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -phage | cell that destroys, eats |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |