Term
- a-: absence of, without
- brady-: slow
- cardio-: heart
- cerebro-: cerebrum
- dys-: bad, abnormal, painful, difficult
- endo-: within, in
- epi-: on, upon
- hyper-: above, excessive
- hypo-: below, deficient
- inter-: between
- intra-: within
- myelo-: bone marrow, spinal cord
- neuro-: nerve
- pan-: all, total
- peri-: surrounding, around
- poly-: excessive, over, many
- psych/o: mind
- tachy-: fast, rapid
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Cardiovascular and nervous system suffixes
- -ac: pertaining to
- -al: pertaining to
- -algia: pain
- -ar: pertaining to
- -ary: pertaining to
- -cele: hernia, swelling
- -cardia: heart condition
- -clysis: irrigation
- -cyte: cell
- -desis: binding, fixation
- -ectomy: surgical removal
- -edema: swelling
- -emia: condition of the blood
- -esis: condition
- -gram: record, picture
- -graph: instrument that records
- -graphy: process of recording
- -ia: condition
- -itis: inflammation
- -logy: study of
- -lysis: breakdown, separation
- -megaly: enlargement
- -meter: instrument to measure
- -oma: tumor
- -osis: abnormal condition
- -pathy: disease
- -penia: deficiency
- -plasty: surgical repair
- -plegia: paralysis
- -rrhea: discharge, flow
- -rrhexis: rupture
- -sclerosis: hardening
- -spasm: involuntary contraction
- -stasis: standing still
- -stenosis: narrowing, constrictio
- -tomy: to cut into, incision
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Cardiovascular and nervous system suffixes
- -ac: pertaining to
- -al: pertaining to
- -algia: pain
- -ar: pertaining to
- -ary: pertaining to
- -cele: hernia, swelling
- -cardia: heart condition
- -clysis: irrigation
- -cyte: cell
- -desis: binding, fixation
- -ectomy: surgical removal
- -edema: swelling
- -emia: condition of the blood
- -esis: condition
- -gram: record, picture
- -graph: instrument that records
- -graphy: process of recording
- -ia: condition
- -itis: inflammation
- -logy: study of
- -lysis: breakdown, separation
- -megaly: enlargement
- -meter: instrument to measure
- -oma: tumor
- -osis: abnormal condition
- -pathy: disease
- -penia: deficiency
- -plasty: surgical repair
- -plegia: paralysis
- -rrhea: discharge, flow
- -rrhexis: rupture
- -sclerosis: hardening
- -spasm: involuntary contraction
- -stasis: standing still
- -stenosis: narrowing, constriction
- -tomy: to cut into, incision
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Cardiovascular and nervous system word roots
- angi/o: vessel
- aort/o: aorta
- arteri/o: artery
- ather/o: yellowish, fatty plaque
- atri/o: atrium
- cardiac/i: heart
- cerebr/o: cerebrum
- cephal/o: head
- coron/o: heart, crown, or circle
- ech/o: sound
- electr/o: electricity
- encephal/o: brain
- hem/o: blood
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| CAD (Coronary Artery Disease), CHF (Congestive Heart Failure), CNS (Central Nervous System), DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis), EKG (Electrocardiogram), ECG(Electrocardiogram), HTN (Hypertension), MI (Myocardial Infarction), PNS (Peripheral Nervous System), BP (Blood Pressure), HR (Heart Rate), CABG (Coronary Artery Bypass Graft), CVA(Cerebrovascular Accident/Stroke), AS (Aortic Stenosis), AV (Atrioventricular), BBB (Bundle Branch Block), AF (Atrial Fibrillation), VT (Ventricular Tachycardia), PVC (Premature Ventricular Contraction), SVT (Supraventricular Tachycardia), DNR (Do Not Resuscitate), PEP (Pulmonary Embolism), VSD (Ventricular Septal Defect), ASD(Atrial Septal Defect), AVR (Aortic Valve Replacement), MVP (Mitral Valve Prolapse), LVH(Left Ventricular Hypertrophy), NSR (Normal Sinus Rhythm), and AFib (Atrial Fibrillation). |
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