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med term ch 5
ch 5: cardiovascular system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| embol/o | plug |
| fibrin/o | fibers |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| sept/o | wall |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| tele/o | distant |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -ole | small |
| -pressor | to press down |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tonic | pertaining to tone |
| -ule | small |
| di- | two |
| corpor/o | body |
| cutane/o | skin |
| duct/o | to bring |
| electr/o | electricity |
| espohag/o | esophagus |
| hem/o | blood |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| orth/o | straight |
| pector/o | chest |
| peripher/o | away from center |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| scler/o | hard |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | mass |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -tension | pressure |
| -therapy | treatment |
| a- | without |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | without |
| endo- | inner |
| extra- | outside of |
| hyper- | excessive |
| hypo- | insufficient |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| re- | again |
| tachy- | fast |
| tetra- | four |
| trans- | across |
| ultra- | beyond |
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