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Cardiovascularsystem
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| aort/o | aorta; largest artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| ather/o | plaque; fatty buildup |
| bol/o | cast; throw |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coagul/o | coagulation; clotting |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
| electr/o | electricity |
| lumin/o | light |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhythm/o | rhythm; heartbeat |
| sept/o | wall; partition |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tens/o | stretched; strained |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | to cut |
| vas/o | vessel; duct |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/i; ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule (small vein) |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | through; complete |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| em- | in |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | Below; below normal; excessive |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -e | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
| -gram | record; image |
| -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 something that) takes action or does something |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -stenosis | narrowing; tightening |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -trophy | Condition of growth or development |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -version | to turn |
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