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Medical Terminology
Cardiovascular - vessels and blood
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | Blood vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arther/o | fatty plaque |
| chrom/o | colors |
| coagul/o | clot |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| is/o | equal |
| isch/o | deficient, or deficiency |
| lymph/o | tissue of lymps |
| lymphaden/o | lymph nodes |
| leuk/o | white |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| mon/o | one |
| neutr/o | neutral or equal |
| phag/o | eat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| therm/o | heat or hot |
| thromb/o | clot |
| splen/o | spleen |
| ven/o | veins |
| -aphresis | remove |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -globin | protein |