Chapter 6 Med Term

angi/o

vessel (blood)

aort/o

aorta; largest artery

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole (small artery)

ather/o

plague; fatty buildup

bol/o

cast; throw

cardi/o

heart

coagul/o

coagulation; clotting

constrict/o

narrowing

coron/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

dilat/o

to enlarge or expand

electr/o

electricity

lumin/o

light

my/o

muscle

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

rhythm/o

rhythm; heartbeat

sept/o

wall; partition

son/o

sound

sphygm/o

pulse

systol/o

contraction

tens/o

stretched; strained

thromb/o

clot

tom/o

to cut

vas/o

vessel; duct

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/i, ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

venule/o

venule (small vein)

a-, an-

not; without

anti-

against

brady-

slow

dia-

through; complete

echo-

reflected sound

em-

in

endo-

in; within

epi-

on; over; upon

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

per-

through

peri-

around; surrounding

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous

pertaining to

-ant

substance that promotes

-ation

process; condtion

-e

(noun suffix with no meaning)

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emic

pertaining to blood condtion

-gram

record; image

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condtion

-in, -ine

chemical; chemical compound; substance

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-ive

substance that produces

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-meter

measure

-or

one who (or something that) takes action or does something

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-stenosis

narrowing; tightening

-stomy

surgical opening

-tension

pressure

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-trophy

condition of growth or development

-um, -us

structure; tissue; thing

-version

to turn