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Chapter 6: Cardiovascular System
Combining Form Meaning
Example (Pronunciation)
Meaning of Example
angi/o
vessel
angioedema
swelling of a vessel
(˘an-jˉe-oˉ-˘e-DEˉ-m˘a)
vas/o
vessel
vasorrhaphy (v˘as-OR-˘a-feˉ)
suturing of a vessel
aort/o
aorta
aortostenosis
narrowing or stricture of the aorta
(ˉa-or-toˉ-st˘e-NOˉ -s˘ıs)
arteri/o
artery
arteriosclerosis
abnormal condition of
(˘ar-tˉe-rˉe-oˉ-skl˘e-ROˉ -s˘ıs)
hardening of an artery
ather/o
thick, fatty atheroma (˘ath-˘er-Oˉ -m˘a)
thick, fatty tumor
atri/o
atria
atrioventricular
pertaining to the atria and the ventricles
(ˉa-trˉe-oˉ-v˘en-TR˘IK-uˉ-l˘ar)
cardi/o
heart
tachycardia (t˘ak-ˉe-KA˘R-dˉe-˘a) condition of a rapid heart rate
coron/o
heart
coronary (KOR-oˉ-n˘a-rˉe)
pertaining to the heart
electr/o
electricity
electrocardiogram
record of electricity of the heart
(ˉe-l˘ek-troˉ-KA˘R-dˉe-oˉ-gr˘am)
hem/o
blood
hemolytic (hˉe-moˉ-L˘IT-˘ık)
pertaining to the destruction of blood
hemat/o
blood
hematemesis
vomiting of blood
(h˘em-˘at-E˘M-˘e-s˘ıs)
phleb/o
vein
phleborrhexis
rupture of a vein
(fl˘eb-oˉ-RE˘K-s˘ıs)
ven/o
vein
venostasis (vˉe-noˉ-STAˉ-s˘ıs)
stopping of a vein
scler/o
hardening arteriosclerosis
abnormal condition of
(˘ar-tˉe-rˉe-oˉ-skl˘e-ROˉ -s˘ıs)
hardening of the arteries
thromb/o
thrombus (clot)
thrombophlebitis
inflammation of a vein with the presence of a clot cutting into or incision of a valve
(thro˘m-boˉ-fl˘e-BˉI -t˘ıs)
valv/o
valve
valvotomy (v˘al-VO˘T-oˉ-mˉe)
valvul/o
valve
valvuloplasty
surgical repair of a valve
(VA˘L-vuˉ-loˉ-pl˘as-tˉe)
vascul/o
blood vessel
vasculogenesis
creation of a blood vessel
(v˘as-kuˉ-loˉ-JE˘N-˘e-s˘ıs)
ventricul/o ventricle
ventriculostomy
mouthlike opening into a ventricle
(v˘en-tr˘ık-uˉ-LO˘ S-toˉ-mˉe)
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