Med term exam 2 - vocab

angi/o, vas/o

vessel (combining form) - 2

aort/o

aorta (combining form)

arteri/o

artery (combining form)

arteriol/o

arteriole (combining form)

ather/o

fatty substance (combining form)

atri/o

atrium (combining form)

cardi/o, coron/o

heart (combining form) - 2

embol/o

plug (combining form)

fibrin/o

fibers (combining form)

isch/o

to hold back (combining form)

myocardi/o

heart muscle (combining form)

phleb/o, ven/o

vein (combining form) - 2

sept/o

wall (combining form)

son/o

sound (combining form)

sphygm/o

pulse (combining form)

steth/o, thorac/o, pector/o

chest (combining form) - 3

thromb/o

clot (combining form)

valv/o, valvul/o

valve (combining form)

varic/o

dilated vein (combining form)

vascul/o

blood vessel (combining form)

ventricul/o

ventricle (combining form)

venul/o

venule (combining form)

-cardia

heart condition (suffix)

-manometer

instrument to measure pressure (suffix)

-ole, -ule

small (suffix) - 2

-pressor

to press down (suffix)

-spasm

involuntary muscle contraction (suffix)

-tension

pressure (suffix)

-tonic

pertaining to tone (suffix)

di-

two (prefix)

bi/o

life (combining form)

corpor/o

body (combining form)

cutane/o

skin (combining form)

duct/o

to bring (combining form)

electr/o

electricity (combining form)

hem/o, hemat/o, sanguin/o

blood (combining form) - 3

lip/o

fat (combining form)

my/o

muscle (combining form)

orth/o

straight (combining form)

peripher/o

away from center (combining form)

pulmon/o, pneumon/o

lung (combining form) - 2

scler/o

hard (combining form)

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic, -ose, -ous, -tic, -ory

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal (suffix)

-gram

record (suffix)

-graphy

process of recording (suffix)

-ia

condition (suffix)

-itis

inflammation (suffix)

-logy

study of (suffix)

-lytic

destruction (suffix)

-megaly

enlarged (suffix)

-oma

mass (suffix)

-pathy

disease (suffix)

-plasty

surgical repair (suffix)

-rrhexis

rupture (suffix)

-sclerosis

hardening (suffix)

-scope

instrument for viewing (suffix)

-stenosis

narrowing (suffix)

-therapy

treatment (suffix)

a-, an-, de-

without (prefix) - 3

anti-, conte-

against (prefix) - 2

brady-

slow (prefix)

endo-

inner (prefix)

extra-

outside of (prefix)

hyper-

excessive (prefix)

hypo-

insufficient (prefix)

inter-

between (prefix)

intra-

within (prefix)

per-

through (prefix)

peri-

around (prefix)

poly-

many (prefix)

pre-

before (prefix)

re-

again (prefix)

tachy-

fast (prefix)

tetra-

four (prefix)

trans-

across (prefix)

ultra-

beyond (prefix)

agglutin/o

clumping (combining)

bas/o

base (combining)

chrom/o

color (combining)

coagul/o

clotting (combining)

eosin/o

rosy red (combining)

fus/o

pouring (combining)

granul/o

granules (combining)

morph/o

shape (combining)

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord (combining)

neutr/o

neutral (combining)

phag/o

eat, swallow (combining)

septic/o

infection (combining)

-apheresis

removal (suffix)

-crit

separation of (suffix)

-cytic

pertaining to cells (suffix)

-cytosis

more than the normal number of cells (suffix)

-emia

blood condition (suffix)

-globin

protein (suffix)

-oid

resembling (suffix)

-penia

abnormal decrease (suffix)

-phil

attracted to (suffix)

-philia

condition of being attracted to (suffix)

-philic

pertaining to being attracted to (suffix)