Combining forms Chapter 5 Flashcards by Esther Nieves

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aneurysm/o-

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aneurysm (dilation)

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angi/o-

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blood vessel; lymphatic vessel

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aort/o-

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aorta

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arteri/o-

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artery

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arteriol/o-

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arteriole

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atri/o-

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atrium (upper heart chamber)

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auscult/o-

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listening

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capill/o-

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capillary; hairlike structure

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card/i-

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heart

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cardi/o-

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heart

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carot/o-

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stupor; sleep

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circulat/o-

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movement in a circulor route

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congest/o-

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accumulation of fluid

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constrict/o-

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drawn together; narrowed

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coron/o-

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structure that encircles like a crown

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cusp/o-

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projection; point

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dilat/o-

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dilate; widen

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diastol/o-

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dilating

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infarct/o-

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area of dead tissue

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isch/o-

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keep back; block

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jugul/o-

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jugular (throat)

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lipid/o-

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fat; lipid

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mediastin/o-

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mediastinum

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mitr/o-

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structure like a miter

my/o-

muscle

necr/o-

dead cells, tissue, or body

occlus/o-

close against

phleb/o-

vein

rrhythm/o-

rhythm

scler/o-

hard; sclera (white of eye)

sept/o-

septum (dividing wall)

sin/o-

hollow cavity; channel

sphygm/o-

pulse

steth/o-

chest

system/o-

the body as a whole

systol/o-

contracting

tens/o-

pressure; tension

troph/o-

development

valv/o-

valve

vascul/o-

blood vessel

vas/o-

blood vessel

ven/o-

vein

ventricul/o-

ventricle (lower heart chamber)

valvul/o-

valve