Prefixes
brady-
What is slow.
ather/o
What is fat or plaque?
-ac
What is pertaining to?
venous
What is pertaining to a vein?
arterial
What is pertaining to an artery?
epi-
What is upon, over, above, on top?
ven/o
What is vein?
-gram
What is a record?
electrocardiograph
What is an record of the electrical activity of the heart?
Cardiomegaly
What is enlargement of the heart?
inter-
What is between?
embol/
What is a foreign particle that travels in the blood stream (ie. air bubble, fat, gases...)
-rrhexis
What is rupture?
transseptal
What is pertaining to across or through the septum?
phlebotomy
What is an incision or to cut a vein.
peri-
What is around?
hem, hemat-
What is blood?
-megaly
What is abnormally large?
thrombocytopenia
What is a decrease in clotting cells?
thrombolysis
What is destruction/separation/loosening of a blood clot?
supra-
What is above.
ischi-
What is to block or hold back?
--emia
What is abnormal blood condition?
aortostenosis
What is stricture or narrowing of the aorta?
angiorrhaphy
What is suture of a vessel?