PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
TERMS PERTAINING TO VESSELS
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PERTAINING TO THE HEART
MISC.
100
suffix meaning SLOW
What is -brady
100
Surgical repair of a vessel
What is ANGIOPLASTY
100
Tumor of fatty plaque in a vessel
What is ATHEROMA
100
The medical term that means pertaining to the heart
What is CORONARY
100
Pertaining to a narrowing or stricture of an opening
What is STENOTIC
200
Suffixes that means ACROSS or THROUGH
What is -TRANS
200
X-ray of an artery
What is an ARTERIOGRAM
200
A record of the electrical activity of the heart
What is ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
200
AN ENLARGED HEART
What is CARDIOMEGALY
200
DESTRUCTION OF A BLOOD CLOT
What is THROMBOLYSIS
300
THE SUFFIX FOR A RECORD OR AN IMAGE
What is -GRAM
300
pertaining to the area outside a vessel
What is EXTRAVASCULAR
300
Standing still of blood in a vein
What is VENOSTASIS
300
A RAPID HEART RATE
What is TACHYCARDIA
300
PERTAINING TO THE HEART MUSCLE
What is MYOCARDIAL
400
This suffix indicates an abnormal condition
What is -OSIS
400
RUPTURE OF AN ARTERY
What is ARTERIORRHEXIS
400
Without a pulse
What is ASPHYXIA
400
CREATING A NEW OPENING INTO THE SEPTUM OF THE HEART
What is SEPTOSTOMY
400
A BIRTHMARK
What is A HEMANGIOMA
500
This prefix means within or inside
What is ENDO-
500
inflammation of a blood vessel
What is VASCULITIS
500
The suturing of a bulge in a vessel
What is ANEURYSMORRHAPHY
500
THE INSTRUMENT USED TO RECORD THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART
What is AN ELECTROCARDOGRAPH
500
EXPANASION OR DILATION OF A VEIN
What is PHLEBECTASIS
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