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Med term Cardio
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angio | vessel |
| aorto | aorta |
| arterio | artery |
| arteriolo | arteriole |
| aethro | plaque; fatty buildup |
| bolo | cast; throw |
| cardio | heart |
| coagulo | coagulation; clotting |
| constricto | narrowing |
| corono | heart |
| cyano | blue |
| dilato | to enlarge or expand |
| electro | electricity |
| lumino | light |
| myo | muscle |
| phlebo | vein |
| pulmono | lung |
| rhythmo | rhythm; heartbeat |
| septo | wall; partition |
| sono | sound |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| systolo | contraction |
| tenso | stretched; strained |
| thrombo | clot |
| tomo | to cut |
| vaso | vessel; duct |
| vasculo | blood vessel |
| veni; veno | vein |
| ventriculo | ventricle |
| venulo | venule |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | through; complete |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| em- | in |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | on; over; upon |
| hyper- | above |
| hypo- | below |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | across |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -e | no meaning |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical; chemical compound; substance |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | substance that promotes |
| -lytic | pertaining to breakdown or destruction |
| -meter | measure |
| -or | one who takes action or does something |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -stenosis | narrowing; tightening |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -trophy | condition of growth or developemt |
| -um, - us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -version | to turn |