Chapter 11: Cardiovascular System Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes

aneurysm/o

aneurysm (widened blood vessel)

angi/o

vessel (blood)

aort/o

aorta (largest artery)

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

ather/o

plaque (fatty substance)

atri/o

atrium (upper heart chamber)

axill/o

armpit

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o

heart

cholesterol/o

cholesterol

coron/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

isch/o

to hold back; back

my/o

muscle

myx/o

mucus

ox/o

oxygen

pericardi/o

pericardium

phleb/o

vein

pulmon/o

lung

sphygm/o

pulse

steth/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valve

vas/o

vessel; duct; vas deferens

vascul/o

vessel (blood)

ven/o, ven/i

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

-constriction

narrowing

-dilation

widening; stretching; expanding

-emia

blood condition

-graphy

process of recording

-lysis

breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

-megaly

enlargement

-meter

measure

-oma

tumor; mass; fluid collection

-osis

abnormal condition

-plasty

surgical repair

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

tightening; stricture

-tomy

process of cutting

a-, an-

no; not; without

brady-

slow

de-

lack of; down; less; removal of

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

endo-

in; within

hyper-

above; excessive

hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal

inter-

between

peri-

surrounding

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

tri-

three