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Cardiovascular
Chapter 6, prefix and suffix
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ^A,An | Not,Without |
| ^Anti | Against |
| ^Brady | Slow |
| ^Dia | Throught,Complete |
| ^Echo | Reflected sound |
| ^Endo | In,Within,Upon |
| ^Epi | On,Over,Upon |
| ^Hyper | Above,Above normal,Excessive |
| ^Hypo | Below,Below normal,Deficient |
| ^Per | Throught |
| ^Peri | around,surrounding |
| ^Tachy | Fast |
| ^Trans | Across |
| *Al,Ary,Al,Ar,Ic,Ous,Tic,etc | Pertaining to |
| *Ation | Process,Condition |
| *Ant | Substance that promotes |
| *E | (noun suffix that has no meaning) |
| *Ectomy | Surgical removal;Excision |
| *Emia | Blood condition |
| *Emic | Pertaining to blood condition |
| *Gram | Image,Record |
| *Graphy | Process of recording |
| *Ia | Condition |
| *In,Ine | Chemical,Chemical compound,substance |
| *Ism | Process, condition |
| *Itis | inflammation |
| *Ive | Substance that promotes |
| *Lytic | Pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| *Meter | Measure |
| *Or | one who (or someone that) takes action or does something |
| *Osis | Abnormal condition |
| *Pathy | disease |
| *Plasty | Surgical repair |
| *Sclerosis | Hardening,thickness |
| *Stenosis | Narrowing,tightening |
| *Stomy | Surgical opening |
| *Tension | Pressure |
| *Tomy | Process of cutting,Incision |
| *Trophy | Condition of growth or development |
| *Um,Us | structure,thing, tissue |
| *Version | To turn |