Medical Terminology: The Cardiovascular System (Combining forms, Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word surgery)
coagulopathy
A condition in which the blood's ability to clot is impaired
venul/o
venule (small vein)
angi/o
vessel (blood)
vas/o
vessel; duct
Arrythmia
Abnormal heart rhythm
atherosclerosis
The build-up of fats, cholesterol, and other substances in and on the artery walls.
anticoagulant
a drug that prevents clotting of the blood
-osis
abnormal condition
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
trans-
across
anti-
against
aort/o
aorta; largest artery
peri-
around; surrounding
arteriol/o
arteriole (small artery)
arteri/o
artery
vacul/o
blood vessel
cyan/o
blue
bol/o
cast; throw
-in; -ine
chemical; chemical compound; substance
thromb/o
clot
coagul/o
coagulation; clotting
-ia
condition
-trophy
condition of growth or development
systol/o
contraction
-pathy
disease
cardiomyopathy
disease of the heart muscle
electr/o
electricity
tachy-
fast
Tachycardia
fast heart rate
arteriosclerosis
hardening of the arteries
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
cardi/o
heart
coron/o
heart
cardiologist
heart specialist
hypertension
high blood pressure
em-
in
endo-
in; within
-itis
inflammation
thrombophlebitis
inflammation of a vein with clot formation
myocarditis
inflammation of the heart muscle
endocarditis
inflammation of the inner lining of the heart
pericarditis
inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
lumin/o
light
hypotension
low blood pressure
pulmon/o
lung
-meter
measure
my/o
muscle
-stenosis
narrowing
constrict/o
narrowing
a-; an-
not; without
-e
noun suffix with no meaning
epi-
on; over; upon
-or
one who (or something that) takes action or does something
-ac; -al; -ar; -ary; -ic; -ous
pertaining to
-emic
pertaining to blood condition
-lytic
pertaining to breakdown or destruction
cardiopulmonary
pertaining to the heart and lungs
endoarterial
pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery
ather/o
plaque; fatty buildup
-tension
pressure
-graphy
process of recording
ventriculography
process of recording the heart ventricles after injection of a dye or radioactive substance (radionuclide)
-ation
process; condition
-ism
process; condition
sphygm/o
pulse
echocardiogram
record of the heart using sound
-gram
record; image
echo-
reflected sound
cardioversion
returning a heart to normal rhythm
rhythm/o
rhythm; heartbeat
brady-
slow
bradycardia
slow heart rate
son/o
sound
tens/o
stretched; strained
-um; -us
structure; tissue; thing
-ant
substance that promotes
-ive
substance that promotes
-stomy
surgical opening
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-plasty
surgical repair
per-
through
dia-
through; complete
tom/o
to cut
dilat/o
to enlarge or expand
-version
to turn
phleb/o
vein
ven/i; ven/o
vein
ventricul/o
ventricle
sept/o
wall; partition
