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Cardiology
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| albumin/o | protein |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | arota |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| billirubin/o | bilirubin |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | coronary |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | plug |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibrill/o | muscualr twitching |
| fibrin/o | threads of a clot |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| isch/o | hold back |
| leuk/o | white |
| nas/o | nose |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| necr/o | death |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| macr/o | large |
| my/o | muscle |
| phag/o | eating; swallowing |
| phleb/o | vein |
| reticul/o | network |
| scler/o | hardening |
| ser/o | serum |
| sept/o | septum |
| septi/o | seven |
| sten/o | narrowing |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| vas/o | blood vessel |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| cyt/o | cell |
| thorac/o | chest |
| py/o | pus |
| atel/o | imperfect; incomplete |
| lob/o | lobe |