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Wk 5 - Cardiocascula

Week 5 - Cardiovascular System

TermDefinition
angi/o vessel (usually blood or lymph)
aort/o aorta
arteri/o artery
arteriol/o arteriole
atri/o atrium
cardi/o heart
electr/o electricity
lip/o, lipid/o, steat/o fat
phleb/o, ven/o vein
sten/o narrowing, stricture
thromb/o blood clot
ventricul/o ventricle (of heart or brain)
my/o muscle
scler/o hardening; sclera (white of eye)
-ectomy excision, removal
-gen, -genesis forming, producing, origin
-itis inflammation
-lysis separation; destruction; loosening
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy suture
-tomy incision
-cardia heart condition
-centesis surgical puncture
-ectasis dilation, expansion
-ectomy excision, removal
-gram record, writing
-graphy process of recording
-logist specialist in the study of
-lysis separation; destruction; loosening
-malacia softening
-megaly enlargement
-ole, -ule small, minute
-oma tumor
-osis abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
-pathy disease
-plasty surgical repair
-rrhaphy suture
-rrhexis rupture
-spasm involuntary contraction, twitching
-stenosis narrowing, stricture
tox/o, -toxic, toxic/o poison
-um structure, thing
-ary, -ic, -ior, -ous pertaining to
anti- against
brady- slow
endo- in, within
epi- above, upon
hyper- excessive, above normal
inter- between
micro- small
peri- around
tachy- rapid
tri- three
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