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

aneurysm/o

aneurysm

angi/o

vessel

arter/o

artery

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

ather/o (ather-)

fat

card (cardi, cardi/o)

heart

coron/o

heart

cyan

blue

ech/o (echo)

sound

electr (electr/o)

electrical; electricity

isch

to suppress

lipid

fat

mega (megal/o)

large; enlarged

my (my/o)

muscle

phleb/i (phleb/o)

vein

rhythm

rhythm

scler (scler/o, sclera)

hard; hardening

thromb

clot

vas

any vessel

ven/o (venous)

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle of the heart

a- (an-)

without, not, no

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

endo-

within, inner

epi-

upon or over

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

under or below

inter-

between; or between the atria

peri-

around

tachy-

rapid

-algia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-gram

record or picture

-graph

instrument used for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-metry

measuring

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition

-otomy

surgical incision

-pathy

disease, disorder, or pathology

-plasty

surgical repair

-pnea

breathing

-rhythmia

rhythm

-scopy

view with a scope

-systole

heartbeat