IHC CV Vocab

brady-

slow

endo-

within

epi-

upon, over, above, on top

inter-

between

peri-

around

tachy-

rapid

tetra-

four

angi/o, angin/o

blood vessel

aort/o

aorta

arter/o, arterio/o

artery

ather/o

fat

atri-

atrium

card/o, cardi/o

heart

coron/o

crown, circle, heart

cyan/o

blue

ech/o

to bounce, sound

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

a plug

hemorrh/o

likely to bleed

isch/o

deficiency

man/o

thin

my/o, myos/o

muscle

pector/o

chest

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

rrhythm/o

repetition

scler/o

thick

sept/o

wall

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

constriction, narrowness

steth/o

chest

tens/o

pressure

thromb/o

clot

valvul/o

little valve

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

blood vessel

vascul/o

little blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

little belly, ventricle

-ac

pertaining to

-apheresis

removal

-ary

pertaining to

-dynia

pain

-gram

a record

-graph

instrument for recording

-is

pertaining to

-lytic

dissolve, loosen

-megaly

abnormally large

-rraphy

suturing

-rrhexis

rupture

-sis

state of

-spasm

sudden, involuntary muscle contraction

-stamy

surgical creation of an opening