CH6 CV Understanding Word Parts

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• narrowing

• cyan/o

• blue

• myocardi/o

• heart muscle

• constrict/o

• coagulation

• coagul/o

• heart

• cardi/o

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• vessel

• aort/o

• aorta

• arteriol/o

• arteriole

• ather/o

• plaque

• angi/o

• artery

• arteri/o

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• light

• dilat/o

• electricity

• phleb/o

• vein

• lumin/o

• muscle

• electr/o

• to enlarge or expand

• my/o

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• lung

• pulmon/o

• sound

• rhythm/o

• wall; partition

• sept/o

• rhythm; heartbeat

• sphygm/o

• pulse

• son/o

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• contraction

• thromb/o

• stretched; strained

• systol/o

• clot

• tens/o

• to cut

• vas/o

• vessel; duct

• tom/o

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• venule

• ven/i; ven/o

• blood vessel

• venul/o

• ventricle

• vascul/o

• vein

• ventricul/o

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• against

• dia-

• not; without

• echo-

• slow

• brady-

• through; complete

• anti-

• reflected sound

• a-, an-

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• on; over; upon

• hypo-

• through

• hyper-

• above; excessive

• epi-

• below; deficient

• per-

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• across

• trans-

• around; surrounding

• peri-

• fast

• tachy-

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• process; condition

• -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ous

• surgical removal

• -ectomy

• pertaining to

• -ant

• substance that promotes

• -ation