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Chap 8 word root
Medical Word Elements
Element | Meaning | Word Analasys |
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angi/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) | angi/o/plasty: surgical repair of a vessel -plasty: surgical repair |
vascul/o | vessel (usually blood or lymph) | vascul/itis: inflammation of (blood) vessels |
aort/o | aorta | aort/o/stenosis: narrowing of the aorta |
arteri/o | artery | arteri/o/rrhexis: rupture of an artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole | arteriol/itis: inflammation of an arteriole |
atri/o | atrium | atri/o/megaly: enlargement of the atrium |
ather/o | fatty plaque | ather/oma: tumor of fatty plaque |
cardi/o | heart | cardi/o/megaly: enlargement of the heart |
electr/o | electricity | electr/o/cardi/o/gram: record of the electrical (impulses) of the heart |
embol/o | embolus (plug) | embol/ectomy: removal of an embolus |
hemangi/o | blood vessel | hemangi/oma: tumor of blood vessels |
my/o | muscle | my/o/cardi/al: pertaining to heart muscle |
phleb/o | vein | phleb/ectasis: expansion of a vein |
ven/o | vein | ven/o/stasis: standing still of (blood in a) vein; also called -stasis: standing still |
scler/o | hardening; sclera (white of eye) | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
sept/o | septum | sept/o/stomy: forming an opening in a septum -stomy: forming an opening (mouth) |
sphygm/o | pulse | sphygm/oid: resembling a pulse -oid: resembling |
sten/o | narrowing, stricture | sten/o/tic: pertaining to a narrowing or stricture -tic: pertaining to |
thromb/o | blood clot | thromb/o/lysis: destruction of a blood clot -lysis: separation; destruction; loosening |
ventricul/o | ventricle (of the heart or brain) | ventricul/ar: pertaining to a ventricle (chamber of the heart or brain) -ar: pertaining to |
aneurysm/o | widened blood vessel | aneurysm/o/rrhaphy: suture of an aneurysm |