Cardiology Root Words
Terms
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- aort/o
- aorta
- arteri/o
- artery
- ather/o
- soft,pasty
- atri/o
- the atrium, atrial
- cardi/o
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1. heart
2. esophageal opening of the stomach - hol/o
- whole, entire, complete
- pleur/a, pleur/o
- rib, side, pleura
- thorac/o, thoracic/o
- chest
- valv/o, valvul/o
- valve
- vas/o, vascul/o
- vessel, blood vessel
- ven/i, ven/o
- veins
- ventricul/o
- ventricle
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semi - lunar
semilunar -
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon -
arteri/o - ven/o - ous
arteriovenous -
artery - vein - pertaining to, relating to
relating to both an artery and a vein or to both arteries and veins in general; both arterial and venous - stern/o
- the sternum, sternal
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arteri/o - sclerosis
arteriosclerosis -
artery - hardening
hardening of the arteries -
brady - cardi/o - ia
bradycardia -
slow - heart - condition or state
slowness of hearbeat usually defined (by convention) as a rate under 50 beats/min -
cardi/o - my/o - pathy
cardiomyopathy -
heart - muscle - disease
disease of the myocardium; a primary disease of heart muscle in the absence of the known underlying etiology -
my/o - cardi/o - al
myocardial -
muscle - heart - pertaining to, relating to
relating to the middle layer of the heart, which consists of cardiac muscle -
peri - cardi/o - itis
pericarditis -
around, about, near - heart - inflammation
inflammation of the pericardium -
semi - lunar
semilunar -
half - relating to the moon or month
resembling the moon in shape, especially a half moon -
supra - ventricul/o - ar
supraventricular -
above - ventricle - pertaining to, relating to
above the vetnricles; especially applied to rhythms originating from centers proximal to the ventricles -
tachy - cardi/o - ia
tachycardia -
rapid - heart - state, condition
rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates faster than 90 beats/min