level: building terms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: building terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Angi/o | vessel |
| Aort/o | aurta |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Arther/o | Plaque (fatty substance) |
| Atri/o | atrium |
| Capn/o | carbon dioxide (CO2) |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Electr/o | electricity |
| Hem/o | blood |
| Isch/o | to hold back; back |
| Man/o | pressure |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Necr/o | death |
| Ox/o | oxygen (O2) |
| Pericardi/o | pericardium |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Sphygm/o | Pulse |
| Steth/o | chest |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| Valv/o | valve |
| Vas/o | Vessel; vas deferes; duct |
| Ven/i | vein |
| Ventricul/o | ventricle |
| Brady- | slow |
| Endo- | in; within |
| Hyper- | above; excessive; increased |
| Hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal; decreased |
| Inter- | between |
| Peri- | surrounding; around |
| Tachy- | fast |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia; -y | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -lysis | breakdown; destruction; separation; loosening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | measure |
| -ole | small; little |
| -oma | tumor; mass; collection of fluid |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -otic | pertaining to an abnormal condition |
| -oxia | oxygen |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | tightening; narrow; stricture |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tomy | incision; process of cutting |
| -ule | small; little |