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Med Term Chap. 5
Cardiovascular-Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | blood or lymph vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o, arter/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque or fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium |
| capill/o | capillaries |
| card/o, cardi/o | heart |
| chromat/o, chrom/o | color |
| coron/o | crown or coronary |
| cyt/o | cell |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electric or electricity |
| embol/o | something inserted or thrown in |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood, relating to blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| leuk/o | white |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plast/o | growth, development, mold |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sept/o | partition |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| sten/o | narrow, contracted, contraction |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valvul/o, valv/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein |
| vas/o | vessel, vas deferns |
| vascul/o | blood vessels |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain, small chamber |
| an- | no, not, without |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| end-, endo- | in, within, inside |
| peri- | surrounding, around |
| re- | again, back |
| tachy- | rapid, fast |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -crasia | mixture or blending |
| -ectomy | surgical removal, cutting out, excision |
| -emia | blood, blood condition |
| -graphy | process of producing a picture record |
| -ia | abnormal condition, disease, plural of -ium |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ism | condition, state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lytic | to reduce, destroy |
| -necrosis | tissue death |
| -ologist | specialist |
| -oma | tumor, neoplasm |
| -osis | abnormal condition, disease |
| -penia | deficiency, lack, to few |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| -spasm | sudden involuntary contraction, tightening, cramping |
| -stasis | control, maintenance of a constant level |
| -stenosis | abnormal narrowing |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -us | thing, singular noun ending |
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