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Cardiovascular
Combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes for the Cardiovascular system.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi | vessel (blood) |
| aort/a | aorta; largest artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arterial/o | arteriole (smallest 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 |
| plumon | 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 |
| epi | on, over, upon |
| hyper | above, above normal, excessive |
| hypo | bellow, bellow normal, deficient |
| per | through |
| peri | around surrounding |
| trachy | fast |
| trans | across |
| ic | pertaining to |
| al | pertaining to |
| our | pertaining to |
| ary | pertaining to |
| ic | pertaining to |
| ous | pertaining to |
| ant | substance that produces |
| action | process; condition |
| e | noun suffix with no meaning |
| ectomy | surgical removal; incision |
| emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
| gram | record; image |
| graphy | process; recording |
| ia | condition |
| in, ine | chemical, chemical compound, substance |
| ism | inflammation |
| ive | substance that produces |
| lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| meter | measure |
| or | whom takes action or does somthing |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| pathy | disease |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| sclerosis | hardening; thickinging |
| stomy | surgical repair |
| tension | pressure |
| tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| trophy | condition of growth or development |
| um, us | structure, thing, tissue |
| version | to turn |