Suffixes
-oxia
oxygen
tachy-
pertaining to a fast heart rate
tachycardia
Necr/o
death
‐pathy
disease condition
slow
brady-
Oximeter
Something that measures oxygen
thorac/o
chest
-ole
small; little
between
inter-
A condition of having high cholesterol levels in the blood
hypercholesterolemia
valve
Valv/o or valvul/o
pressure
-tension
dys-
bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
a small or little artery
arteriole
sphygm/o
pulse
hardening
-sclerosis
no; not; without
a- or an-
a clot that is moving through the blood-vascular system
embolus
Coron/o
Heart