Prefixes
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Practical Knowledge
Miscellaneous
100

brady-

What is slow.

100
ather/o
What is fat?
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
atriotome
What is an instrument to cut the atrium?
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

per-

What is around?

400
sphygmo/
What is pulse?
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
tetra-
What is four?
500
embol/o
What is a plug?
500
-apheresis
What is removal?
500
aortostenosis
What is stricture or narrowing of the aorta?
500
angiorrhaphy
What is suture of a vessel?
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