Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Practical Knowledge
Miscellaneous
100

tachy-

What is fast.

100

ather/o

What is fat, plaque?

100
-ac
What is pertaining to?
100
venous
What is pertaining to a vein?
100
arterial
What is pertaining to an artery?
200
epi-
What is upon, over, above, on top?
200
ven/o
What is vein?
200
-gram
What is a record?
200

thrombosis

What is a condition of clots or clotting?

200
Cardiomegaly
What is enlargement of the heart?
300
inter-
What is between?
300

ischi/o

What is to hold back, deficiency, blockage?

300
-rrhexis
What is rupture?
300
transseptal
What is pertaining to across or through the septum?
300
phlebotomy
What is an incision or to cut a vein.
400

peri-

What is around?

400

cor/o

What is heart?

400
-megaly
What is abnormally large?
400
electrocardiograph
What is an instrument for recording the electricity of the heart?
400
thrombolysis
What is destruction/separation/loosening of a blood clot?
500

brady-

What is slow?

500

embol/o

What is a particle moving through circulation?

500

--emia

What is condition of blood?

500
aortostenosis
What is stricture or narrowing of the aorta?
500
angiorrhaphy
What is suture of a vessel?
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