Combining forms
Prefixes and Suffixes
Conditions
Procedures and Treatments
Pump It Up
100
Meaning heart
cardi/o
100
"Itis"
inflammation or infection
100
Low blood pressure
hypotension
100
Machine that continuously records cardiac rhythms for 24-48 hous to assist with diagnosing an arrythmia condition
holter monitor
100
Carries deoxygenated blood back to the heart
veins or superior vena cava
200
Meaning light
lumin/o
200
Prefix meaning across
Trans
200
CHF
Congestive Heart Failure
200
Abbreviation for electrocardiogram
ECG or EKG
200
aorta
300
Angi/o
300
Prefix meaning in
em-
300
Embolus refers to this condtion
blood clot
300
Person who provides assistance to doctors in diagnosing and treating heart diseases and conditions
Cardiovascular technologist
300
Combining form when the the heart is at work
systol/o
400
To expand or enlarge
dilat/o
400
Prefix meaning through or complete
dia-
400
Condition where plaque builds up in the arteries
atherosclerosis
400
Radiograph test that uses dye and a camera to take pictures of blood flow in the arteries or veins
Angiogram
400
Carries oxygenated blood away from the heart
arteries or aorta
500
To cut
tom/o
500
Suffix meaning to narrow or tighten
-stenosis
500
Condition in which peripheral blood flow is insufficient to perfuse the body and return blood to the heart
Shock
500
Shunt that is surgically established to allow blood to flow from the aorta to the branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond an obstruction
coronary artery bypass graft or CABG
500
Term that describes listening to internal sounds with a stethoscope
auscultation