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Heart Notes

-graphy - process of recording

-plasty - surgical repair:

-spasm - sudden involuntary contraction

-stenosis - narrowing

-tomy - incision

-ic - pertaining to trans (across)

-ole - small

-sclerosis - hardening

-stenosis - narrowing

-ectomy - surgical removal

-oma - mass/tumor

-al - pertaining to inter or between

cardiologist: -logist - specialist: Specialist in the heart.

-ology - study of

-megaly: enlargement

-gram: record

-electr/o: electric

-al: pertaining to

my/o: muscle

-pathy: disease

pan-: all

peri-: around

-um: structure

-ary: pertaining to

coron/o: crown:

-gram: record;

cardi/o: heart:

embol/o: plug

-us: condition/thing: plug of clotted blood

isch/o: hold back

-emia: blood condition

-al: pertaining to

my/o: muscle

cardi/o: heart

phleb/o: vein

-osis: abnormal condition

thromb/o: clot

-itis: inflammation

rhythm/o: rhythm

-ia: state of; condition; process

scler/o: hardening

-therapy: treatment

valvul/o: valve

varic/o: twisted and swollen

-ose: pertaining to

-ar: pertaining to

a: no, not, lack of

cerebro/o: brain

vas/o: vessel

-ion: process

extra-: outside

constrict/o: to draw, together, narrowing

dilat/o: to expand, widen

ven/o: vein

-ous: pertaining to

-ule: small

ventricul/o: ventricle

-ar: pertaining to

inter-: between

septum: wall

-ectasis: dilation, stretching

angi/o: vessel

-brady: slow

-ia: condition; state of

-tachy: fast

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Heart Notes

-graphy - process of recording

-plasty - surgical repair:

-spasm - sudden involuntary contraction

-stenosis - narrowing

-tomy - incision

-ic - pertaining to trans (across)

-ole - small

-sclerosis - hardening

-stenosis - narrowing

-ectomy - surgical removal

-oma - mass/tumor

-al - pertaining to inter or between

cardiologist: -logist - specialist: Specialist in the heart.

-ology - study of

-megaly: enlargement

-gram: record

-electr/o: electric

-al: pertaining to

my/o: muscle

-pathy: disease

pan-: all

peri-: around

-um: structure

-ary: pertaining to

coron/o: crown:

-gram: record;

cardi/o: heart:

embol/o: plug

-us: condition/thing: plug of clotted blood

isch/o: hold back

-emia: blood condition

-al: pertaining to

my/o: muscle

cardi/o: heart

phleb/o: vein

-osis: abnormal condition

thromb/o: clot

-itis: inflammation

rhythm/o: rhythm

-ia: state of; condition; process

scler/o: hardening

-therapy: treatment

valvul/o: valve

varic/o: twisted and swollen

-ose: pertaining to

-ar: pertaining to

a: no, not, lack of

cerebro/o: brain

vas/o: vessel

-ion: process

extra-: outside

constrict/o: to draw, together, narrowing

dilat/o: to expand, widen

ven/o: vein

-ous: pertaining to

-ule: small

ventricul/o: ventricle

-ar: pertaining to

inter-: between

septum: wall

-ectasis: dilation, stretching

angi/o: vessel

-brady: slow

-ia: condition; state of

-tachy: fast