Medical Terminology - Chapter 8 Combining Forms

angi/o

blood vessel

aort/o

aorta

arter/o arteri/o

artery

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

crown or circle, heart

atri/o

artium

my/o myos/o

muscle

pector/o

chest

valvul/o

little valve

vas/o

vessel

vascul/o

little vessel

ven/o

vein

ventricul/o

little belly, ventricle

cyan/o

blue

pect/o pector/o

chest

rhyhm/o rrhythm/o

rhythm

sten/o

narrow

a-

without, absence of

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

tachy-

rapid, fast

-a

singular

-algia -dynia

condition of pain

-genic

pertaining to producing, forming

-ia -osis

condition of

-plegia

paralysis

-sis

state of

-spasm

sudden involuntary muscle contraction

endo-

within

epi-

upon, over, above, on top

hyper-

excessive, abnormally high, above

hypo-

deficient, abnormally low, below

peri-

around

poly-

excessive, over, many

ather/o

fatty

hem/o

blood

isch/o

hold back

my/o

muscle

phleb/o

vein

scler/o

hard

sept/o

putrefying: wall, partition

tampon/o

plug

tens/o

pressure

thromb/o

clot

varic/o

dilated vein

-ac -al -ar

pertaining to

-ade

process

-emia

condition of blood

-ic

pertaining to

-ion

process

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

abnormally large

-oma

tumor

-osis

condition of

-pathy

disease

ech/o

sound

electr/o

electricity

emblo/o

plug

man/o

thin, scanty

pulmon/o

lung

son/o

sound

sphygm/o

pluse

-ectomy

surgical excision, removal

-gram

a record or image

-graphy

recording process

-lytic

pertaining to loosen, dissolve

-meter

measure, measuring instrument

-plasty

surgical repair

-rrhaphy

suturing

-scopy

process of viewing

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

-tomy

incision, to cut