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chapter 6 studys
mid-term suffixes
Question | Answer |
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cardiology | study of the heart |
cardiologist | specialist of the heart |
angiocarditis | inflammation of the blood vessels of the heart |
bradycardia | P2 a slow heart |
cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscles |
endocarditis | inflammation within the heart |
polyarteritis | inflammation of many arteries |
tachycardia | P2 a fast heart |
thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a clotted vein |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
angi/o | vessel |
arter/o; arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
ather/o | fatty; yellowish plaque |
cardi/o | heart |
coron/o | heart; heart vessel; coronary artery |
ech/o | sound |
electr/o | electrical |
my/o | muscle |
phleb/o | vein |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart |