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Suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | Vessel |
| aort/o | Aorta |
| arteri/o | Artery |
| ather/o | Yellowish, fatty plaque |
| atri/o | Atrium |
| card/i or cardi/o | Heart |
| coron/o | Heart, crown, or circle |
| ech/o | Sound |
| electr/o | Electricity |
| isch/o | Deficiency, blockage |
| my/o or myos/o | Muscle |
| plasm/o | Plasma |
| symptomat/o | Symptom |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| valv/o or valvul/o | Valve |
| vas/o | Vessel |
| ven/o | Vein |
| ventricul/o | Ventricle |
| -ac | Pertaining to |
| -ade | Process of |
| -al | Pertaining to |
| -apheresis | Removal |
| -ar | Pertaining to |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -ectomy | Excision, surgical removal |
| -emia | Condition of blood |
| -genic | Producing, originating, causing |
| -gram | Record, radiographic image |
| -graph | Instrument used to record |
| -graphy | Process of recording, radiographic imaging |
| -ia | Condition of, diseased state, abnormal state |
| -ic | Pertaining to |
| -ion | Process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lgia | Pain |
| -logist | Specialist who studies and treats |
| -lysis | Loosening, dissolution, separating |
| -megaly | Enlarged, enlargement |
| -oma | Tumor |
| -osis | Abnormal condition |
| -ous | Pertaining to |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -penia | Abnormal reduction in number |
| -pexy | Surgical fixation, suspension |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -poiesis | Formation |
| -sclerosis | Hardening |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | Process of viewing |
| -stasis | Stop, stopping, controlling |
| -stenosis | Narrowing, constriction |
| -tomy | Cut into, incision |
| Phleb/o | Vein |
| Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |