Cardiovascular System-roots, suffixes and prefixes

aneurysm/o (root)

aneurysm

angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

vessel

aorta/o

aorta

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

arteriol/o (root)

arteriole

ather/o

yellowish, fatty plaque

atri/o

atrium

cancer/o, carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

ech/o, son/o

sound

electr/o

electrical

endocardi/o

endocardium

Mediastin/o

mediastinum

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

myocardium

oxia, ox/y

Oxygen

pericardi/o

pericardium

phelb/o

vein

pulmon/o, pulm/o

lung

rhythm/o

rhythm

scler/o

hard

sept/o

septum

sin/o

sinus

steth/o, thorac/o

chest

valv/o, valvul/o

valve

ventricul/o

ventricle

venul/o

venule

bi

two, twice

brady-

slow

de

down,from, without, removal, loss

epi

upon, above, on, over

peri

around

poly

many, much

tachy-

fast, rapid

tri

three

ary

pertaining to

edema

swelling, accumulation of fluid

graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

gram

record, writing

ium

membrane structure

-megaly

enlarged, enlargement

ole

small

oma

tumor

-pathy

disease, abnormality

phobia

fear (abnormal)

-sclerosis

hardening, hardness

-stenosis

narrowing, structure, constriction

-stomy

artificial opening, surgical creation of an opening

tome

cutting instrument, instrument for incising