med term chapter 6

angi/o

vessel (blood)

aort/o

aorta; largest artery

arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o

arteriole (small artery)

atri/o

atria; atrium

ather/o

plaque; fatty buildup

bol/o

cast; throw

cardi/o

heart

coagul/o

coagulation; clotting

constrict/o

narrowing

coron/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

dilat/o

to enlarge or expand

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o

blood

leuk/o

white

lymph/o, lymphat/o

lymph

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

steth/o

chest

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

venul/o

venul (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

mega-

large

per-

through

peri-

around; surrounding

poly-

many; much

tachy-

fast

trans-

across

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

pertaining to

-ant

substance that promotes

-ation

process; condition

-crit

to separate

-e

(noun suffix with no meaning)

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-emia

pertaining to blood condition

-gram

record; image

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-ia

condition

-in, -ine

chemical; chemical compound; substance

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-ive

substance that promotes

-lytic

pertaining to breakdown or destruction

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

measure

-oma

tumor; mass

-or

one who (or something that takes action or does something

-osis

process; abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-penia

deficiency

-plasty

surgical repair

-pheresis

removal

-rrhexis

rupture

-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