Word Parts
Comes at the end of a word. Meaning is "small".
What is the suffix '-ole'.
Cutting or surgical incision.
What is -otomy.
WBC's, or white blood cells, are immune system and cardiovascular system structures more formally known as this term.
What are 'leukocytes'?
Meaning surgical repair.
What is -plasty?
What is 'aort/o'?
Definition of 'angi/o'.
What is vessel?
Excessive bleeding or fluid discharge.
What is -rrhage.
'Hem' is added to the word root 'angi/o' to form the root word hemangi/o. Hemangi/o's definition is also a major part of the cardiovascular system.
What is 'blood vessel'?
This condition is what happens when the cardiac muscle is deprived of a blood supply and necessary oxygen.
What is 'myocardial infarction' or 'heart attack'?
This root word refers to the lower chambers of the heart.
What is 'ventricul/o'?
Definition of 'ven/o'.
What is vein?
Abbreviated EKG or ECG, this is a record of the electrical activity within the heart.
What is 'electrocardiogram'.
'Steth/o', from the term stethoscope, gets its name from the part of the body that one listens to in order to hear the beating heart. The definition of steth/o.
What is 'the chest'?
This is the medical term for the condition that the Grinch likely had after his heart grew 3 times the size.
What is 'cardiomegaly'?
A manometer is used to measure pressure changes. A sphygmomanometers are used to take blood pressures. This definition of 'sphygmo' actually refers to that result of blood flow and thus pressure in the arteries of the body.
What is 'pulse'?
Two word parts that have the same basic meaning--they both mean 'heart'.
What are 'coron/o' and 'cardi/o'?
Term used to describe the abnormal hardening of an artery.
What is 'arteriosclerosis'?
Technically meaning 'state of fast heart', this term describes a pulse rate that is abnormally fast.
What is 'tachycardia'?
This root word refers to the upper chambers of the heart.
What is 'atri/o'?
Technically meaning 'making an incision in a vein' is this term, which is used to describe the common process of drawing blood.
What is 'phlebotomy'?
Both of these root words mean 'vein'.
What are 'phleb/o' and 'ven/o'?
Correct spelling of the surgical procedure done to remove plaque (fatty substance) from an artery.
What is a-t-h-e-r-e-c-t-o-m-y?
These two root words both mean 'vessel'.
What are 'vas/o' and 'angi/o'.
Function of a thrombocyte.
What is 'blood clotting'?
This is a medical procedure conducted in order to obtain a visual record of the vessels in a part of the body, including blockages, if present, and amount of blood flow.
What is an 'angiogram'?