Studied by 8 peopleangi/o
vessel (blood)
aort/o
aorta; largest artery
arteri/o
artery
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
ather/o
plague; 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
rhythm/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
to cut
vas/o
vessel; duct
vascul/o
blood vessel
ven/i, ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
venule/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; below normal; deficient
per-
through
peri-
around; surrounding
tachy-
fast
trans-
across
-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous
pertaining to
-ant
substance that promotes
-ation
process; condtion
-e
(noun suffix with no meaning)
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-emic
pertaining to blood condtion
-gram
record; image
-graphy
process of recording
-ia
condtion
-in, -ine
chemical; chemical compound; substance
-ism
process; condition
-itis
inflammation
-ive
substance that produces
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
-meter
measure
-or
one who (or something that) takes action or does something
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-plasty
surgical repair
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-stenosis
narrowing; tightening
-stomy
surgical opening
-tension
pressure
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-trophy
condition of growth or development
-um, -us
structure; tissue; thing
-version
to turn
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