Cardiovascular & Respiratory MED TERM

a-

without, absence of

brady-

slow

dys-

bad, abnormal, painful, difficult

tachy-

rapid, fast

angi/o

blood vessel

cardi/o

heart

cyan/o

blue

pect/o or pecter/o

chest

rhythm/o or rrhythm/o

rhythm

sten/o

narrow

\-a

singular

\-algia

condition of pain

\-dynia

condition of pain

\-genic

pertaining to, producing, forming

\-ia

condition of

\-osis

condition of

\-plegia

paralysis

\-sis

state of

\-spasm

sudden involuntary muscle contraction

a- or an-

no, not, without, away

aut-

self

brady-

slow

dia-

apart, inside

end- or endo-

within, inside

exo-

outside of, without

epi-

above

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

insufficient

inter-

between

intra-

middle

media-

medium

medial-

situated or pertaining to the middle

medi-

middle

medio-

within

normo-

normal

per-

through

peri-

around

physio- or physi-

related to nature or physiology

poly-

many

pro-

before, for, in front of, from, in behalf of, on account of

re-

back, again

retro-

behind, back, backward

sub-

under, below, beneath, in small quantity, less than normal

syn- or sy- or syl- or sym-

union or association

tachy-

fast

trans-

across, through, beyond, over

ultra-

excess