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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| atri/o | atria |
| ather/o | plaque |
| bol/o | cast |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coagul/o | coagulation |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
| electr/o | electricity |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph |
| lumin/o | light |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhythm/o | rhythm |
| sept/o | wall |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tens/o | stretched |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | to cut |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/i, ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule (small vein) |
| a-, an- | not |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | through |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| em- | in |
| endo- | in |
| epi- | on |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| mega- | large |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process |
| -crit | to separate |
| -e | (no meaning) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical |
| -ism | process |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | substance that promotes |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -oma | tumor |
| -or | one who |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pheresis | removal |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | cutting |
| -trophy | growth or development |
| -um, -us | structure |
| -version | to turn |