Combining forms for the cardiovascular system
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| abdomen/o | abdomen
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| ablat/o | take away; destroy
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| anastom/o | create an opening between two structures
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| aneurysm/o | aneurysm (dilation)
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| angi/o | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
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| angin/o | angina
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| aort/o | aorta
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| apic/o | apex (top)
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| ateri/o | artery
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| arter/o | artery
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| arteriol/o | arteriole
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| ather/o | soft, fatty substance
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| artheromat/o | fatty deposit or mass
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| atri/o | atrium
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| auscult/o | listening
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| axill/o | armpit
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| brachi/o | arm
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| capill/o | capillary
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| card/i or cardi/o | heart
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| carot/o | stupor; sleep
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| catheter/o | catheter
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| cholesterol/o | cholesterol
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| circulat/o | movement in a circular route
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| claudicat/o | limping pain
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| clav/o | clavicle (collar bone)
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| coagul/o | clotting
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| coarct/o | pressed together
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| compens/o | counterbalance; compensate
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| conduct/o | carrying; conveying
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| congest/o | accumulation of fluid
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| constrict/o | drawn together; narrowed
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| contract/o | pull together
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| coron/o | structure that encircles like a crown
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| cusp/o | projection; point
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| cutane/o | skin
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| disastol/o | dilating
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| dissect/o | to cut apart
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| ech/o | echo (sound wave)
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| ectop/o | outside of a place
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| electr/o | electricity
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| esophag/o | esophagus
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| femor/o | femur (thigh bone)
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| fibrill/o | muscle fiber; nerve fiber
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| fract/o | to break up
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| fus/o | pouring
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| gemin/o | set or group
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| idi/o | unknown individual
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| infarct/o | area of dead tissue
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| ili/o | ilium (hip bone)
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| isch/o | keep back; block
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| jugul/o | jugular (throat)
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| log/o | study of
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| lipid/o | lipid (fat)
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| lumin/o | lumen (opening)
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| ly/o | to break down; destroy
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| man/o | thing; frenzy
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| mediastin/o | mediastinum
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| mitr/o | structure like a miter (tall with two points)
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| my/o | muscle
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| necr/o | dead cells, tissue or body
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| occlus/o | close against
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| palpit/o | to throb
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| pariet/o | wall of a cavity
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| path/o | disease; suffering
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| peripher/o | outer aspects
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| peron/o | fibula (lower leg)
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| pharmac/o | medicine; drug
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| phleb/o | vein
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| physi/o | physical function
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| polar/o | positive or negative state
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| poplite/o | back of the knee
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| port/o | point of entry
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| prosthet/o | artificial
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| pulmon/o | lung
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| radi/o | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation
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| regurgitat/o | flow backward
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| ren/o | kidney
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| rheumat/o | watery discharge
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| rrhythm/o | rhythm
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| saphen/o | clearly visable
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| scler/o | hard; sclera (white of eye)
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| sept/o | septum (dividing wall)
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| sin/o | hollow cavity; channel
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| son/o | sound
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| sphygm/o | pulse
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| stat/o | standing still; staying in one place
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| sten/o | narrowness; constriction
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| steth/o | chest
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| system/o | the body as a whole
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| systol/o | contracting
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| tampon/o | stop up
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| techn/o | technical skill
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| tele/o | distance
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| tens/o | pressure; tension
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| theli/o | cellular layer
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| thorac/o | thorax (chest)
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| thromb/o | thrombus (blood clot)
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| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone)
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| transplant/o | move something to another place
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| triglyceride/o | triglyceride
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| uln/o | ulna (forearm)
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| ur/o | urine; urinary system
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| valv/o or valvul/o | valve
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| varic/o | varix; varicose vein
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| vascul/o | blood vessel
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| vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens
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| vegitat/o | growth
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| ven/o | vein
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| ventricul/o | ventricle (lower heart chamber; chamber of the brain)
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| vers/o | to travel; to turn
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| viscer/o | large internal organs
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| xen/o | foreign
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