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Cardiovascular & Nervous System Medical Terminology
Lesson 4 Assignment 12
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09/14/2025

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brady-

 

 

Meaning:  slow

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endo-

 

Meaning:  inside, within

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epi-

 

Meaning:  upon, over, on top

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hyper-

 

Meaning:  excessive, abnormal

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hypo-

 

Meaning: under or below

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peri-

 

Meaning:  around

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tachy-

 

Meaning: fast

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a-

 

Meaning:  without

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an-

 

Meaning:  without, not

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dys-

 

Meaning:  difficult, painful, abnormal

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hemi-

 

Meaning: half

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hyper-

 

Meaning:  excessive, above normal

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in-

 

Meaning:  not, inward

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inter-

 

Meaning:  between

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intra-

 

Meaning:  within, inside

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pan-

 

Meaning:  all, entire

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sub-

 

Meaning:  under, below

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para-

 

Meaning:  beside, normal

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 poly-

 

Meaning:  many

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post-

 

Meaning:  after

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pre-

 

Meaning:  before

 

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-crasia

 

Meaning:  a mixture or blending

(often used in relation to blood)

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Definition

 

 

-emia

 

Meaning: blood condition

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-ectomy

 

Meaning: surgical removal

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-graphy

 

Meaning:  process of recording

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Definition

 

 

-itis

 

Meaning:  inflammation

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-lysis

 

Meaning:  destruction, breakdown

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-megaly

 

Meaning:  enlargement

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-osis

 

Meaning: abnormal

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-penia

 

Meaning:  deficiency

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-plasty

 

Meaning:  surgical repair

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-rrhage

 

Meaning: bursting forth, excessive flow

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Definition

 

-stasis

 

Meaning:  stopping, controlling

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-cytosis

 

Meaning: condition of cells

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- algia

 

Meaning:  pain

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-cele

 

Meaning:  hernia, swelling

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-cyte

 

 

Meaning: cell

 

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-ectomy

 

Meaning:  surgical removal

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-genic

 

Meaning: producing, originating, or causing

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-gram

 

Meaning:  record or image

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-graph

 

Meaning:  instrument used to record

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-graphy

 

Meaning:  process of recording

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-iatrist

 

 

Meaning:  specialist in treatment

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-iatry

 

Meaning:  field of medicine, treatment

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-itis

 

Meaning:  inflammation

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-lepsy

 

 

Meaning:  seizure

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-logist

 

 

Meaning:  specialist in a field of study

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-malacia

 

 

Meaning:  abnormal softening

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-mania

 

 

Meaning:  madness or excessive preoccupation

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-oid

 

 

Meaning:  resembling or like

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-oma

 

 

Meaning:  tumor, swelling

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-pathy

 

 

Meaning: disease 

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-phobia

 

 

Meaning:  fear

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-rrhaphy

 

 

Meaning: suturing or stitching

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-tomy

 

 

Meaning:  cutting or surgical incision

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-tropic

 

 

Meaning:  having an affinity for influencing

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angi/o

 

 

Meaning:  vessel (usually blood or lymph)

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aort/o

 

 

Meaning:aorta

 

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arteri/o

 

 

Meaning:  artery

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ather/o

 

 

Meaning:  fatty plaque

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capillar/o

 

 

Meaning: capillaries (the smallest blood vessels)

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cardi/o

 

 

Meaning:  heart

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chrom/o, chromat/o

 

 

Meaning:  color

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erythr/o

 

 

Meaning:  red

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hem/o, hemat/o

 

 

Meaning:  blood

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