From Textbook (Treatment Medical Terminology) - Unit 6: The Circulatory System

ablat/o-

destroy; take away

anastom/o-

create an opening between two structures

aneurysm/o-

aneurysm; dilation

angi/o-

blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

arter/o-

artery

auscult/o-

listening

cardi/o-

heart

cutane/o-

skin

diastol/o-

dilating

fibrill/o-

muscle fiber; nerve fiber

lumin/o-

lumen; opening

man/o-

frenzy; thin

occlus/o-

close against

prosthet/o-

artificial part

pulmon/o-

lung

scler/o-

hard; sclera of the eye

sphygm/o-

pulse

steth/o-

chest

systol/o-

contracting

transplant/o-

move something across and put in another place

valv/o-

valve

valvul/o-

valve

vers/o-

travel; turn

xen/o-

foreign

de-

reversal of; without

endo-

innermost; within

per-

through; throughout

peri-

around

trans-

across; through

-al

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-ation

being; having; process

-ator

person who does; person who produces; thing that does; thing that produces

-centesis

procedure to puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-graft

tissue for implant; tissue for transplant

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

action; condition

-meter

instrument used to measure

-osis

condition; process

-ous

pertaining to

-plasty

process of reshaping by surgery

-scope

instrument used to examine

-therapy

treatment

-tome

area with distinct edges; instrument used to cut