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Medical Terminology
Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
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Undergraduate 1
08/28/2007
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angi/o, vas/o
 Definition
vessel (usually blood or lymph)
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aort/o
 Definition
aorta
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arteri/o
 Definition
artery
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ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
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atri/o
 Definition
atrium
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
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cyt/o, -cyte
 Definition
cell
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electr/o
 Definition
electric
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erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o, hemat/o, -emia
 Definition
blood
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leuk/o
 Definition
white
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
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necr/o
 Definition
death
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phag/o, -phagia
 Definition
swallowing, eating
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-phleb/o, ven/o
 Definition
vein
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reticul/o
 Definition
network
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scler/o
 Definition
hardening
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thromb/o
 Definition
blood clot
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ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle (of brain or heart)
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic cellular development
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-centesis
 Definition
surgical puncture
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-ectasis
 Definition
expansion, dilation
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-genesis
 Definition
producing, forming
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-gram
 Definition
record
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-lysis
 Definition
separate, destroy, loosen
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-ole, -ule, mirco-
 Definition
small
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-penia
 Definition
decrease
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-phobia
 Definition
fear
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-pnea
 Definition
breathing
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-poiesis
 Definition
production, formation
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction, twitching
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-stasis
 Definition
standing still (of)
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-stenosis
 Definition
stricture, narrowing
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bi-
 Definition
two, double
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brady-
 Definition
slow
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echo-
 Definition
sound
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epi-
 Definition
above, upon
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macro-
 Definition
large
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peri-
 Definition
around
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