From Textbook (Disease Medical Terminology) - Unit 6: The Circulatory System

aneurysm/o-

aneurysm; dilation

angin/o

angina

arteri/o-

artery

ather/o-

soft, fatty substance

atheromat/o-

fatty deposit; fatty mass

card/i-

heart

cardi/o

heart

cholesterol/o-

cholesterol

claudicat/o-

limping pain

coarct/o-

pressed together

compens/o

compensate; counterbalance

congest/o

accumulation of fluid

contract/o-

pull together

cor

heart (Latin word)

dissect/o-

cut apart

fibrill/o-

muscle fiber; nerve fiber

fus/o-

pouring

idi/o

individual; unknown

infarct/o

small area of dead tissue

isch/o

block; keep back

lipid/o-

fat; lipid

my/o

muscle

necr/o-

dead body; dead cells; dead tissue

orth/o-

straight

palpit/o-

throb

pat/o-

open

path/o

disease

pector/o

chest

peripher/o-

outer aspects

phleb/o-

vein

regurgitat/o-

backward flow

rheumat/o-

watery discharge

rhythm/o-

rhythm

rrhythm/o-

rhythm

scler/o-

hard; sclera of the eye

stat/o-

standing still; staying in one place

sten/o-

constriction; narrowness

systol/o-

contraction

tens/o-

pressure; tension

tetr/a-

four

thromb/o-

blood clot

triglycerid/o-

triglyceride

varic/o-

varicose vein; varix

vegetat/o-

growth

ventricul/o-

chamber that is filled; ventricle

a-

away from; without

bi-

two

brady-

slow

de-

reversal of; without

dys-

abnormal; difficult; painful

endo-

innermost; within

extra-

outside

hyper-

above; more than normal

hypo-

below; deficient

per-

through; throughout

peri-

around

pre-

before; in front of

supra-

above

tachy-

fast

tri-

three

-ade

action; process

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ated

composed of; pertaining to a condition

-ation

being; having; process

-emia

condition of the blood; substance in the blood

-ent

pertaining to

-ia

condition; state; thing

-ic

pertaining to

-ing

doing

-ion

action; condition

-itis

infection of; inflammation of

-ive

pertaining to

-logy

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-oma

mass; tumor

-ose

full of

-osis

condition; process

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-systole

contraction

-tic

pertaining to

-trophy

process of development