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Cardiovascular System Suffixes
Medical Terminology
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08/23/2025
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-algia
 Definition
pain 
Term
-emia
 Definition
blood condition
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-gram
 Definition
record, tracing
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-graph
 Definition
instrument of recording
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-graphy
 Definition
process of recording
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-logy
 Definition
study of
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-logist
 Definition
specialist
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-megaly
 Definition
enlargement
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-oma
 Definition
tumor, swelling
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-pathy
 Definition
disease
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-rrhexis
 Definition
rupture
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-sclerosis
 Definition
harding
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-spasm
 Definition
involuntary contraction
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-stasis
 Definition
stopping, controlling
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-stenosis
 Definition
narrowing
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-tomy
 Definition
cutting, incision
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-ectomy
 Definition
surgical removal
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-osis
 Definition
abnormal condition
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-ic/-al/-ary
 Definition
pertaining to
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-genic/-genisis
 Definition
producing, forming
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-ac
 Definition
pertaining to the heart
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-ary
 Definition
pertaining to the heart vessels
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-ous
 Definition
pertaining to veins
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-lysis
 Definition
breakdown, destruction
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-lytic
 Definition
pertaining to destruction (dissolving fibrin in clots)
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-rrhage
 Definition
bursting forth, excessive flow (excessive bleeding)
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-rrhagia
 Definition
abnormal, excessive discharge (heavy bleeding)
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-stomy
 Definition
surgical opening (opening of a vessel)
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-pexy
 Definition
surgical fixation (angiostomy-pexy type procedures)
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-derm
 Definition
skin covering (endoderm related layers, sometimes used in vessel lining)
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-itis
 Definition
inflammation (of the inner heart lining)
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-cyte
 Definition
cell (red blood cell)
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-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
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-penia
 Definition
deficiency, lack (of white blood cells)
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