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42 cardiovascular root words
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
08/28/2025

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Term

 

 

 

angi/o

Definition

 

 

vessel

Term

 

 

 

aort/o

Definition

 

 

Aorta

Term

 

 

arteri/o

Definition

 

 

artery

Term

 

 

capillar/o

Definition

 

 

capillaries

Term

 

 

cardi/o

Definition

 

 

heart

Term

 

 

 

chrom/o, chromatic/o

Definition

 

 

color

Term

 

 

erythr/o

Definition

 

 

red

Term

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

value

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

Term

 

 

 

concuss/o

Definition

 

 

to shake violently

Term

 

 

crani/o

Definition

 

 

skull

Term

 

 

 

dur/o

Definition

 

 

dura mater

Term

 

 

encephal/o

Definition

 

 

sensation, feeling

Term

 

 

gangli/o, ganglion/o

Definition

 

 

ganglion ( a cluster of nerve cell bodies)

Term

 

 

hydr/o

Definition

 

 

water, fluid

Term

 

 

lob/o

Definition

 

 

lobe

Term

 

 

ment/o

Definition

 

 

mind, chin

Term

 

 

 

mening/o, meningi/o

Definition

 

 

meninges

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

 

 

Pons (a part of the brainstem)

Term

 

 

psych/o

Definition

 

 

Mind

Term

 

 

radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o

Definition

 

 

 

Nerve root

Term

 

 

vag/o

Definition
vagus nerve ( a cranial nerve)
Term

 

 

 

ather/o

Definition

 

 

fatty plaque

Term

 

 

 

esthesi/o

Definition

 

 

 

sensation, feeling

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