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Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular medical terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | widened blood vessel (aneurysm) |
| angi/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| atri/o | atrium |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| cardi/o, coron/o | heart |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | embolus (plug) |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sept/o | septum |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | vessel; vas deferens; duct |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -gram | record, writing |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| brady- | slow |
| endo- | in, within |
| extra- | outside |
| peri- | around |
| trans- | across |