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