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cardiovascular
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| Aort/o | aorta, largest artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| atri/o | atria, atrium |
| arteriol/o | arteriole (small artery) |
| ather/o | plaque;fatty building |
| bol/o | cast;throw |
| coagul/o | coagulation;clotting |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| coron/o | heart |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lumin/o | light |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon | lung |
| rhythm/o | thyth,heartbeat |
| sept/o | wall, partition |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tens/o | stretch;strained |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | to cut |
| vas/o | vessel;duct |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| Ventricul/o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule (small vein) |
| Dia | through;complete |
| Echo | reflected sound |
| Em | in |
| Endo | in;within |
| Epi | on;over;upon |
| Hyper | above;above normal; excessive |
| Mega | large |
| per | through |
| peri | around, surrounding |
| poly | multiple |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -action | process; condition |
| -crit | to seperate |
| -e | main suffix without meaning |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record;image |
| -graph | instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -in, ine | chemical, chemical compound |
| -ism | process, condition |
| -ive | substance that promote |
| -trophy | condition of growth of development |
| -um;-us | structure; thing |
| -version | to turn |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -oma | tumor mass |
| -or | one who (or something that) takes action or does somthing |
| -pheresis | removal |
| sclerosis | hardening, thickening |
| -stenosis | narrowing;tightening |
| -tension | pressure |
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