Chapter 11: Cardiovascular System Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes

angi/o

vessel (blood)

vascul/o

vessel (blood)

vas/o

vessel; duct; vas deferens

-osis

abnormal condition

hyper-

above; excessive

aneurysm/o

aneurysm (widened blood vessel)

aort/o

aorta (largest artery)

brachi/o

arm

axill/o

armpit

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

atri/o

atrium (upper heart chamber)

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

inter-

between

-emia

blood condition

cyan/o

blue

-lysis

breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening

steth/o

chest

cholesterol/o

cholesterol

thromb/o

clot

hypo-

deficient; below; under; less than normal

-megaly

enlargement

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

-sclerosis

hardening

cardi/o

heart

coron/o

heart

endo-

in; within

de-

lack of; down; less; removal of

pulmon/o

lung

-meter

measure

myx/o

mucus

my/o

muscle

-constriction

narrowing

a-, an-

no; not; without

ox/o

oxygen

pericardi/o

pericardium

ather/o

plaque (fatty substance)

-tomy

process of cutting

-graphy

process of recording

sphygm/o

pulse

brady-

slow

-plasty

surgical repair

peri-

surrounding

tri-

three

-stenosis

tightening; stricture

isch/o

to hold back; back

-oma

tumor; mass; fluid collection

valv/o

valve

valvul/o

valve

phleb/o

vein

ven/o, ven/i

vein

ventricul/o

ventricle

-dilation

widening; stretching; expanding