Heart Terms

-graphy

process of recording

-plasty

surgical repair

-stenosis

narrowing

-tomy

incision

-ic

pertaining to trans (across)

-ole

small

-sclerosis

hardening

-stenosis

narrowing

-ectomy

surgical removal

-oma

mass/tumor

-al

pertaining to inter or between

-logist

specialist

-ology

study of

-megaly

enlargement

-gram

record

-electr/o

electric

-al

pertaining to

my/o

muscle

-pathy

disease

pan-

all

peri-

around

-um

structure

-ary

pertaining to

coron/o

crown

cardi/o

heart

embol/o

plug

-us

condition/thing

isch/o

hold back

-emia

blood condition

phleb/o

vein

-osis

abnormal condition

thromb/o

clot

-itis

inflammation

rhythm/o

rhythm

-ia

state of; condition; process

scler/o

hardening

-therapy

treatment

valvul/o

valve

varic/o

twisted and swollen

-ose

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

a

no, not, lack of

cerebro/o

brain

vas/o

vessel

-ion

process

extra-

outside

constrict/o

to draw, together, narrowing

dilat/o

to expand, widen

ven/o

vein

-ous

pertaining to

-ule

small

ventricul/o

ventricle

-ar

pertaining to

inter-

between

septum

wall

-ectasis

dilation, stretching

angi/o

vessel

-brady

slow

-ia

condition; state of

-tachy

fast