MedTerm Ch 8 Word Elements

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole

ather/o

fatty plaque

atri/o

atrium

cardi/o, coron/o

heart

electr/o

electricity

embol/o

embolus (plug)

hemangi/o

blood vessel

lumen/o

lumen

my/o

muscle

phleb/o, ven/o

vein

rrhythm/o

rhythm

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

sept/o

septum

sphygm/o

pulse

sten/o

narrowing, stricture

thromb/o

blood clot

valv/o, valvul/o

valve

vas/o

vessel; vas defferens; duct

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle (of the heart or brain)

-cardia

heart condition

-gram

record, writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-plasty

surgical repair

-sclerosis

abnormal condition of hardening

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

brady-

slow

endo-

in, within

extra-

outside, outward

peri-

around

tachy-

rapid

trans-

through, across