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Cardiovascular
Cardiovascular System Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| aort/o | aorta(largest artery) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| cardi/o | heart |
| electr/o | electircity |
| end/o | in;within;inside |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lith/o | stone |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| micr/o | small |
| my/o | muscle |
| necr/o | death |
| phleb/o | vein |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ventricul/o | venticle (of heart or brain) |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -cyte | cell |
| -centesis | removal of fluid |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectasis | stretching |
| -ectomy | removal;excision |
| -gram | record |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phagia | eating;swallowing |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | tightening;stricture |
| -tomy | process of cutting |