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Cardiovascular: Combining, Suffixes, Abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| AS | aortic stenosis |
| HTN | hypertension |
| -apharesis | removal |
| -blast | immature stage, germ, bud |
| -clast | breakdown |
| -crit | separation |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -globin | protein |
| angi/o, vas/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arter/i, arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| atri/o | atrium |
| bas/o | base |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| coron/o | crown, circle |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hem/o, hem/a, hemat/o | blood |
| is/o | same, equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o, valvu/o | valve |
| ven/o | vein |