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CardiovascularSys.
Question | Answer |
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aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
angi/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
ather/o | fatty substance, plaque |
atri/o | atrium |
brady- | slow |
cardi/o | heart |
cine- | movement |
-clysis | irrigation, washing |
coron/o | heart |
embol/o | embolus |
isch/o | suppress, restrain |
-megaly | enlargement |
mi/o | smaller, less |
-motor | movement, motion |
palpit/o, palpitat/o | throbbing, flutter |
phleb/o | vein |
presby- | elder, aging |
rhe/o | stream, flow, current |
-spasm | involuntary, contricted |
sphygm/o, -sphyxia | pulse |
-stenosis | narrow, constricted |
tachy- | fast |
tel/o | end, distance |
-tension | stretched, strained |
valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
varic/o | varicose veins |
vas/o | vas deferens, vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle of heart or brain |
venul/o | venule |