1What does angi/o mean?
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
2What does aort/o mean?
aorta
3What does arteri/o mean?
artery
4What does arteriol/o mean?
arteriole
5What does atri/o mean?
atrium
6What does cardi/o mean?
heart
7What does electr/o mean?
electricity
8What do lip/o, lipid/o, and steat/o mean?
fat
9What do phleb/o and ven/o mean?
vein
10What does sten/o mean?
narrowing, stricture
11What does thromb/o mean?
blood clot
12What does ventricul/o mean?
ventricle (of heart and brain)
13What does my/o mean?
muscle
14What does scler/o mean?
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
15What does -ectomy mean?
excision, removal
16What do -gen and -genesis mean?
forming, producing, origin
17What does -iasis mean?
abnormal condition
18What does -itis mean?
inflammation
19What does -lith mean?
stone, calculus
20What does -lysis mean?
loosening, separation, destruction
21What does -penia mean?
decrease, deficiency
22What does -phagia mean?
eating, swallowing
23What does -phasia mean?
speech
24What does -plasia mean?
formation, growth
25What does -plasm mean?
new formation or growth of tissue
26What does -plasty mean?
surgical repair
27What does -rrhaphy mean?
suture
28What does -tomy mean?
incision
29What does -cardia mean?
heart condition
30What does -centesis mean?
surgical puncture
31What does -ectasis mean?
dilation, expansion
32What does -gram mean?
record, writing
33What does -graphy mean?
process of recording
34What does -logist mean?
specialist in the study of
35What does -malacia mean?
softening
36What does -megaly mean?
enlargement
37What do -ole and -ule mean?
small, minute
38What does -oma mean?
tumor
39What does -ous mean?
pertaining to
40What does -osis mean?
abnormal condition; increase
41What does -pathy mean?
disease
42What does -plegia mean?
paralysis
43What does -ptosis mean?
prolapse, downward displacement
44What do -rrhage and -rrhagia mean?
bursting forth
45What does -rrhexis mean?
rupture
46What does -rrhea mean?
discharge, flow
47What does -sclerosis mean?
abnormal condition of hardening
48What does spasm mean?
involuntary contraction, twitching
49What does -stenosis mean?
narrowing, stricture
50What do tox/o, -toxic, and toxic/o mean?
poison
51What does -trophy mean?
nourishment, development
52What does -um mean?
structure, thing
53What do -ary, -ic, -ior, and -ous mean?
pertaining to
54What does anti- mean?
against
55What does brady- mean?
slow
56What does endo- mean?
in, within
57What does epi- mean?
above, upon
58What does hyper- mean?
excessive, above normal
59What does inter- mean?
between
60What does micro- mean?
small
61What does peri- mean?
around
62What does tachy- mean?
rapid
63What does tri- mean?
three
64What is Phlebitis?
Inflammation of a vein
65What does stenotic mean?
pertaining to a narrowing or stricture
66What is angioplasty?
Surgical repair of a vessel
67What does myocardial mean?
Pertaining to heart muscle
68What is thrombolysis?
Destruction of a blood clot
69What is cardiomegaly?
Enlargement of the heart
70What is arteriosclerosis?
Hardening and narrowing of an artery
71What is an embolectomy?
removal of an embolus
72What does coronary mean?
pertaining to the heart vessels
73What is a valvotomy?
incision of a valve
74What does arterial mean?
Pertaining to an artery
75What is bradycardia?
Slow heartbeat
76What is a hemangioma?
tumor of a blood vessel
77What is hyperlipidemia?
excessive lipids in the blood
78What is an electrocardiograph?
instrument for recording electrical activity of the heart
79What is vasculitis?
Inflammation of blood vessels
80What does pericardial mean?
Pertaining to the area around the heart
81What is an angiograph?
instrument for recording an image of a vessel