Medical Terminology Cardiovascular System Word parts

angi/o

vessel (usually blood or lymph)

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

atri/o

atrium

cardi/o

heart

electr/o

electricity

lip/o, lipid/o, steat/o

fat

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

sten/o

narrowing, stricture

thromb/o

blood clot

ventricul/o

ventricle (of heart and brain)

my/o

muscle

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

-ectomy

excision, removal

-gen, -genesis

forming, producing, origin

-iasis

abnormal condition (by specified)

-itis

inflammation

-lith

stone, calculus

-lysis

loosening, separation, destruction

-penia

decrease, deficiency

-phagia

eating, swallowing

-phasia

speech

-plasia

formation, growth

-plasm

new formation or growth of tissue

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suture

-tomy

incision

-cardia

heart condition

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectasis

dilation, expansion

-gram

record, writing

-graphy

process of recording

-logist

specialist in the study of

-malacia

softening

-megaly

enlargement

-ole, -ule

small, minute

-oma

tumor

-ous

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

-pathy

disease

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

-rrhage

bursting forth (of)

-rrhagia

bursting forth (of)

-rrhexis

rupture

-rrhea

discharge, flow

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

tox/o, -toxic, toxic/o

poison

-trophy

nourishment, development

-um

structure, thing

-ary, -ic, -ior, -ous

pertaining to

anti-

against

brady-

slow

endo-

in, within

epi-

above, upon

hyper-

excessive, above normal

inter-

between

micro-

small

peri-

around

tachy-

rapid

tri-

three

Phlebitis

Inflammation of a deep or superficial vein of the arms or legs

stenotic

Pertaining to a narrowing or stricture

angioplasty

Surgical repair of a vessel

myocardial

Pertaining to heart muscle

thrombolysis

Destruction of a blood clot

cardiomegaly

Enlargement of the heart

arteriosclerosis

Hardening and narrowing of an artery along with the loss of elasticity

embolectomy

Removal of an embolus

coronary

Pertaining to the heart vessels

valvotomy

Incision of a valve

arterial

Pertaining to an artery

bradycardia

Slow heartbeat

hemangioma

Tumor of a blood vessel

hyperlipidemia

Excessive amounts of lipids in the blood

electrocardiograph

Instrument for recording electrical activity of the heart

vasculitis

Inflammation of blood vessels

pericardial

Pertaining to the area around the heart

Angiograph

Instrument for recording an image of a vessel

angioplasty

Surgical repair of a vessel