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Chapter 6 Roots/CF
All of Roots and Combining words of Medical language of lesson 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cardi- cardi/o- | heart |
| pulmon | lung |
| resuscit- | revive from apparent death |
| thorac- stern- | chest |
| -tom | incise, cut |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| -stin- | partition |
| electr/o- electr- | electricity |
| perfus- | to pour |
| -vascul- angl/o- | blood vessel |
| diaphor- -sud- | sweat |
| aort- | aorta |
| coron- | crown, coronary |
| circulat- | circular route |
| -farct- | area of dead tissue |
| -isch | to keep back |
| my/o- | muscle |
| necro/o- | death |
| atri- atri/o- | entrance, atrium |
| -cusp- | point |
| -atri- | atrium |
| -vertical- | ventricle |
| -rrhythm- | rhymthn |
| disastol- | diastole |
| sin/o- | sinus |
| systol- | systole, contraction |
| fribrill- | small fiber |
| -plant- | step |
| pace- | step |
| palpit- | throb |
| -tropy | development |
| -compet- | strive together |
| -suffic/i- | enough |
| prosthet- | artifical part |
| -gurgit- | flood |
| sten/o- | narrow |
| tampon- | plug |
| -ox- | oxygen |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| -scler/o- | hardness |
| -gen- | produce |
| -vol- | volume |
| coarct- | press together, narrow |
| -genit | bring forth |
| cyan- | dark blue |
| -tens- | pressure |
| idi/o- | unknown |
| -path- | disease |
| patent | lie open (latin) |
| ductus | leading (latin) |
| arteriosus | artery (latin) |
| -logy | study off |
| ablat- | take away |
| catheter- | catherter |
| ech/o- | sound wave |
| -protein | protein |
| -cutane- | skin |
| thromb/o- | blood clot |
| -lysis | dissolve |
| -glycer- | sweet, sugar |
| -coagul- | clump |
| ino- | sinew |
| chron/o- | time |
| lingu- | tongue |
| dilat- | widen, open up |
| claudic- | limping |
| -dynam- | power |
| varic- | varicosity, dilated, tortuous vein |
| ven- ve/o- | vein |
| capill- | harilike structure |
| home/o- | the same |
| sphygm/o- | pulse |
| man/o- | pressure |
| cava | cave |