| Element | Meaning | Word Analasys |
| angi/o | vessel (usually
blood or
lymph) | angi/o/plasty: surgical repair of a vessel
-plasty: surgical repair |
| vascul/o | vessel (usually
blood or
lymph) | vascul/itis: inflammation of (blood) vessels |
| aort/o | aorta | aort/o/stenosis: narrowing of the aorta |
| arteri/o | artery | arteri/o/rrhexis: rupture of an artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole | arteriol/itis: inflammation of an arteriole |
| atri/o | atrium | atri/o/megaly: enlargement of the atrium |
| ather/o | fatty plaque | ather/oma: tumor of fatty plaque |
| cardi/o | heart | cardi/o/megaly: enlargement of the heart |
| electr/o | electricity | electr/o/cardi/o/gram: record of the electrical (impulses) of the heart |
| embol/o | embolus (plug) | embol/ectomy: removal of an embolus |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel | hemangi/oma: tumor of blood vessels |
| my/o | muscle | my/o/cardi/al: pertaining to heart muscle |
| phleb/o | vein | phleb/ectasis: expansion of a vein |
| ven/o | vein | ven/o/stasis: standing still of (blood in a) vein; also called
-stasis: standing still |
| scler/o | hardening;
sclera (white of
eye) | hardening;
sclera (white of
eye) |
| sept/o | septum | sept/o/stomy: forming an opening in a septum
-stomy: forming an opening (mouth) |
| sphygm/o | pulse | sphygm/oid: resembling a pulse
-oid: resembling |
| sten/o | narrowing,
stricture | sten/o/tic: pertaining to a narrowing or stricture
-tic: pertaining to |
| thromb/o | blood clot | thromb/o/lysis: destruction of a blood clot
-lysis: separation; destruction; loosening |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (of the
heart or brain) | ventricul/ar: pertaining to a ventricle (chamber of the heart or brain)
-ar: pertaining to |
| aneurysm/o | widened blood
vessel | aneurysm/o/rrhaphy: suture of an aneurysm |
