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Chap 8 Suff & Preff
Medical Word Elements
Element | Meaning | |
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-graph | instrument for recording | electr/o/cardi/o/graph: instrument for recording electrical (activity) of the heart |
-graphy | process of recording | angi/o/graphy: process of recording (an image of ) a vessel angi/o: vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
-sphyxia | pulse | a/sphyxia: without a pulse; also called suffocation |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture | aort/o/stenosis: narrowing of the aorta |
brady- | slow | brady/cardia: slow heart (beat) |
endo- | in, within | endo/vascul/ar: relating to (the area) within a vessel vascul: vessel |
extra- | outside | extra/vascul/ar: relating to the (area) outside a vessel |
peri- | around | peri/cardi/al: pertaining to (the area) around the heart |
tachy | rapid | tachy/cardia: rapid heart (beat) |
trans- | across | trans/sept/al: across the septum sept: septum |
-gram | record, writing | arteri/o/gram: record of an artery arteri/o: artery |