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Cardiovascular &Nervous system word roots
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Undergraduate 1
07/12/2025
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angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
ather/o
 Definition
fatty plaque
Term
capillar/o
 Definition
capillaries (small blood vessels)
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cardi/o
 Definition
heart
Term
chrom/o
chromat/o
 Definition
color
Term
erythr/o
 Definition
red
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hem/o
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
isch/o
 Definition
restriction, deficiency
Term
leuk/o
 Definition
white
Term
my/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
phleb/o
 Definition
vein
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hardening
Term
sten/o
 Definition
narrowing
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot
Term
valvul/o
 Definition
valve
Term
vas/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
alges/o
 Definition
sensitivity to pain
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
brain, cerebrum
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cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum (part of the brain)
Term
concuss/o
 Definition
to shake violently
Term
crani/o
 Definition
skull
Term
duro/o
 Definition
dura mater (outermost layer of the meninges)
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
esthesi/o
 Definition
sensation, feeling
Term
gangli/o
ganglion/o
 Definition
ganglion (a cluster od nerve)
Term
hydr/o
 Definition
water, fluid
Term
lob/o
 Definition
lobe
Term
ment/o
 Definition
mind, chin
Term
mening/o
meningio/o
 Definition
meninges (membranes covering the brain and spinal cord)
Term
mon/o
 Definition
one, single
Term
myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord, bone marrow
Term
neur/o
neur/i
 Definition
nerve
Term
phas/o
 Definition
speech
Term
poli/o
 Definition
gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)
Term
pont/o
 Definition
sons (part of the brain stem)
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psych/o
 Definition
mind
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radic/o
radicul/o
rhiz/o
 Definition
nerve root
Term
vag/o
 Definition
vagus nerve (cranial nerve)
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