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Chapter 1
Medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Brady | Slow |
| Tachy | Fast |
| Vascul/o | Vessel |
| Inter | Between |
| Intra | Within |
| Micro | Small |
| Macro | Large |
| Supra- | Above |
| Sub | Below |
| Spasm | Involuntary Contraction |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reconstruction |
| Osis | Condition or increase |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| logy | study of |
| a- | without |
| anti- | against or opposed to |
| circum | around |
| extra- | outside |
| bi | two |
| hyper | above or excess |
| multi | many |
| quadri | four |
| tri | three |
| uni | one |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| neo | new |
| philia | attraction for |