Med Term

Cardiovascular System Medical Terminology Worksheet
Please write the meaning of the terms in the right column.
Prefixes, Suffixes, Root Words a | No, not without, away from, negative, and noun ending. | -ac | Pertaining to | -al | Pertaining to | angi/o | Angina. Cjoking, strangling | aort/o | Aorta | -ar | Pertaining to | arteri/o | Artery | -ary | Pertaining to | ather/o | Plaque, fatty substance | atri/o | Atrium | bi | Twice, double, two | brady | Slow | calc/i | Calcium, lime, the heel | cardi/o | Heart | clavicul/o | Clavicle, collar bone | coronary | Coron/o, crown | dys | Bad, difficult, painful | ech/o | Sound | -ectomy | Surgical removal, cutting out, excision | electr/o | Electricity, electricity | -emia | Blood, blood condition | end/o | In, within, inside | epi | Above, upon, on | femor/o | Femur, thigh bone | furc | Forking, branching | -gram | Resulting record | -graph | Resulting record | -grapher | | -graphy | Process of recording | hem/o | Blood, relating to the blood | hemat/o | Blood, relating to the blood | hepat/o | Liver | homeo | Sameness, unchanging, constant | hyper | Excessive, increased | hypo | Deficient, decreased |

inter | Between , among | intra | Within, inside | isch/o | To hold back | -itis | Inflammation | kal/i | potassium | lip/o | Fat, lipid | -logy | Study of | medi | Middle | -megaly | Enlargement | -meter | Measure, instrument used to measure | my/o | Muscle | natri | Sodium | -odynia | | -ologist | Specialist | -ology | The science or study of | -oma | Tumor | -osis | Abnormal condition | -pathy | Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion | -penia | Deficiency, lack, too few | peri | Surrounding, around | phleb/o | Vein | -plasty | Surgical repair | poly | Many, more than one, | -rrhexis | Rupture | -sclerosis | Abnormal hardening | -scope | Instrument for visual examination | semi | Half |