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cardiovascular
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| aort/o | aorta largest artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque:fatty buildup |
| bol/o | cast:throw |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coagul/o | coagulation:clotting |
| constrict/o | narrowing |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dilat/o | to enlarge or expand |
| electr/o | electricity |
| lumin/o | light |
| my/o | muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rythm/o | rhythm:heartbeat |
| Sept/o | wall partition |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| systol/o | contraction |
| tens/o | stretched ; strained |
| thromb/o | clot |
| Tom/o | clot |
| vas/o | vessel;duct |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/I, ven/o | vein |
| ventricul /o | ventricle |
| venul/o | venule(small vein) |
| 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; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below normal deficient |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| trans- | arocss |
| -ac -al -ar -ary -ic -ous | pertaining to |
| -ant | substance that promotes |
| -ation | (noun suffix with no meaning) |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -emic | pertaining to blood condition |
| -gram | record; image |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -in, -ine | chemical |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ive | substance that promotes |
| -lytic | pertaing 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;thightening |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | process of cutting |
| -trophy | condition of growth or development |
| -um, -us | structure; tissue; thing |
| -version | to turn |
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