Cardiovascular Suffixes

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study of

-lytic

destruction

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure

-megaly

enlarged

-ole

small

-oma

growth

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhexis

rupture

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

instrument for viewing

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction

-stenosis

narrowing

-tension

pressure

-tonic

pertaining to tone

-ule

small