Cardi/o:
Electrocardiography
(ECG)-(EKG)
Electrocardiophonogram
Electrocardiophonography
Kinetocardiogram
heart
A method of recording electrical
currents traversing the heart
muscle.
the record obtained by
electrocardiography
Metod of electrically recording
the heart sounds
A graphic recording of
vibrations of the chest wall
produced by cardiac activity
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Cardiogenesis
Formation of the heart in the
embryo
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Cardiomalacia
Softening of the walls of the
heart
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Cardiocele
Cardiomegaly
Cardioplegia
Cardiodynia
Herination of the heart
Enlargment of the heart
Paralysis of the heart
Pain in the heart
cardiohemothrombus
clotting of blood within the
heart
Cardiothrombus
A clot of blood within the
heart champers
Cardiorrhexis
Rupture of the heart wall
Cardioneural
Relating to the nervous
control of the heart.
Cardiometry
Measurement of the
dimensions of the heart or
Tachycardia
Rapid beating of the heart,
conventionally applied to rates
over 90 beats per minute
Bradycardia
Slowness of the heartbeat,
usually defined (by convention)
as a rate under 50
beats/minute
cardioomentopexy
Operation for the attachment of
omentum to the heart with the
object of improving its blood
supply
Cardiomyoplasty
Cardiorrhaphy
Cardiomyotomy
cardiomyopathy
Surgical repair in the muscle of
the heart
Suture of the heart wall
Incision of the muscle of the
heart
Disease of the myocardium
Atri/o:
atriomegaly
atrium
Abnormal dilatation or
enlargement of an atrium
Atriotomy
Surgical incision of an atrium
Atrioventricular
Pertaining to an atrium and
ventricle
Atrioseptoplasty
Surgical repair of the interatrial
septum
Ventricul/o
Ventricular
Pertaining to a ventricle
Ventriculitis
Inflammation of a ventricle
Ventriculometry
The measurment of the
intraventricular pressure
Ventriculotomy
Incision of the ventricle of
the heart for repair of
cardiac defect
Valv/o,valvul/o,valve
Valvulitis
Inflammation of the valve
Valvoplasty
Surgical reconstruction of a
deformed cardiac valve for the
relief of stenosis or in
competence
Valvotomy
valvulotome
Incision of the valvular
structure
An instrument for sectioning a
valve
Angi/o:
Angiectesia
angiectopia
Angiitis
vessel
Dilation of the lymphatic or
blood vessel
Abnormal location of the blood
vessel
Inflammation of blood vessel or
lymphatic vessel (lymphangitis)
Angioblast
A cell take part in blood vessel
formation
Angiocarditis
Inflammation of the heart and
blood vessel
Angiodermatitis
Inflammation of the vessels of
the skin
Angiocardiopathy
Disease affecting both the heart
and the blood vessels.
Angiodysplasia
Degenerative or congenital
structural abnormality of the
normally distributed
vasculature.
Angiodystrophy
angiofibrosis
Defective formation or growth
associated with marked
vascular changes
Fibrosis of the walls of the blood
vessel
Angioma
A tumor resulting from
prolifration of the blood vessel
Angiography
Radiography of vessels after the
injection of a radiopaque
contrast material
Angiopathy
any disease of the blood and
lymphatic vessel
angiomyopathy
Any disease of blood vessels
involving the muscular layer
Vas/o
Vasoactive
Vasodepression
Vasodhlation
Vasography
Vasopressore
Vasomotor
vasomotion
blood vessel
Influencing the caliber of the
blood vessel
Reduction of tone in blood
vessel with vasodilation and
resulting in lowered blood
pressure
Widening of the lumen of blood
vessels
Radiography of the vas defrens
Stimulating contraction of the
muscular tissue of the arteries
Affecting the caliber of a blood
vessel
Change in the caliber of blood
veins
Vascul/o:
A blood vessel
Cardiovasculorenal
Relating to heart,arteries and
kidney
Vasculogenesis
Formation of the vascular
system
Vascular
Pertaining to vessel
Vasculopathy
Any diseases of the blood
vessel
Vasculolymphatic
Pertaining to blood or lymph
vessel
Aort/o:
Aortography
Aortopathy
aorta
Radiography of the aorta after
introduction into it of a contrast
material
Any disease of the aorta
Aortotomy
Incision of the aorta
Aortorrhaphy
Suture of the aorta
Aortoptosia
A sinking down of the
abdominal aorta in
splanchnoptosia
Artr/o,arteri/o
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriology
vessel duct
Hardening of the arteries with loss of
capacity and loss of elasticity
Study of the arteries
Arteriomalacia
Abnormal softness of the arterial
coats
Arteriometer
An apparatus used for measuring
any changes in the caliber of a
palsating artery
arteriorrhaphy
Suture of an artery
Arteriopathy
Any arterial disease
Arteriplasty
Surgical repair or reconstruction
of an artery
Arteriomyomatosis
A growth of irregular muscular
fibers in the wall of an artery
Arteriospasm
Spasm an artery
arteriosteogenesis
Calcification of an artery
Ven/o
Vein
Venovenostomy
The formation of an anastomosis
between two veins
Arteriovenous(AV)
aneurism
A dilated arteriovenous shunt
congenital
Ductus Venosus
arantii
Obsolete term for ductus venosus
Venusangioma
Vascular anomaly composed of
anomalus vein
Paravenous
Pyelovenous
Venogram
Venotomy
Intravenus
injection
Adjacent to a vain
Denoting the phenomenon of
drainage from the renal pelvis
into the renal veins from
increased intrapelvic pressure
Radiograph of the opacified veins
Incision into the vein
venotomist: a person who cut the
vein
Injecetion into the vein
Phleb/o
vein
Phlebotomy
Cut into the vein
Phlebolith
Vein stone
Phlebolithiasis :the formation of
vein stone
Phleborraphy
phlebosclerosis
Suture of the vein
Fibrous hardening of the walls of
the vein
Arteriol/o
small artery
Arteriolopathy
arteriolosclerosis
Coronitis
Any disease of arteriole
Venul/o:
Blood vessel
Venulitis
Inflamation of venules
Venular
Related to venuls
Thickening of walls of arterioles
Inflamation of coronary vessels
Varic/o
varix,swelling
Ovarian varicocele
A varicose condition of the pampini form
plexus in the broad ligament of the
uterus
Varication
The formation of a varix
Varicocele
Varicosity of the pampiniform plexus of
the spermatic cord , forming a scarotal
swelling that feels like a bag of warm
varicography
X_ray visualization of varicose veins
varicophlebitis
Varicose vein with inflammation
Sphygm/o pulse
Sphygmography
The production of puls tracingwith
the sphygmograph
Sphygmometer
An instrument for measuring the
force and frequency of the pulse
sphygmoscopy
Examination of the pulse
sphygmotonometer
An instrument for measuring the
elesticity of the arterial walls
Hem/o
Hemachrome
Hemagogic
Blood
The coloring matter of
the blood, hemoglobin or
hematin
Promoting a flow of blood
The blood vessels
Hemangio
hematherapy
Treatment of disease by
the use of blood or blood
derivatives
Hemat/o:
Blood
Hematocele
Effusion of blood into a
canal or a cavity of the
body
Hematocephaly
Intracranial effusion of
blood, commonly in a
fetus
Hematopathy
Disease of the blood
Hematoporphyrin
A dark red, almost
purple, porphyrin
resulting from the
decomposition of
hemoglobin
Sangui/o:
Sanguifacient
Blood
Sanguineous
Relating to blood
-emia
Hyperglycemia
Blood condition
An abnormally high
concentration of glucose
in the circulating blood
formation of blood cells
Hyperlipidemia
Elevated levels of lipids
in the blood plasma
Anemia
Any condition in which
the number of red blood
cell are less than normal
Hydremia
A blood disorder in which there
is excess fluid volume
compared with the cell volume
of the blood
In patients with renal
Uremia
failure,the intaxication caused
by body’s accumulation of
metabolic products excreted by
kidneys
ischemia
Local loss of blood supply due
to mechanical obstruction
mainly arterial narrowing or
disruption of the blood vessel
Lymph/o:
Lymph
Lymphaden
A lymph node
Lymphadenectomy
Lymphadenitis
Lymphadenocele
Surgical excision one or
more lymph nodes
Inflammation of lymph
nodes
A cyst of alymph node
Lymphagogue
lymphadenopathy
Lymphangiotomy
Lymphangitis
lymphocyte
An agent that promotes
production of lymph
Disease of the lymph
nodes
Incision into a lymphatic
vessel
Inflammation of
lymphatic vessel
One type of WBC
Lymphocytopenia
Reduction in the number
of lymphocytes in the
blood
Lymphocytopoiesis
The development of
lymphocytes
Lymphocytorrhexis
The rupturing or bursting
of lymphocytes
Alymphia
Absence or deficiancy of lymph
Hydrolymph
The circulating fluid in many of the
invertebrates
Alymphoplasia
lymphangitis
Inflammation of the lymphatic
vessels
chyl/o
lymph
Chyluria
The passage of chyle in the urine; a
form of albiduria
Achylia
Absence of gastric juice or other
digestive secretions.
Chylemia
The presence of chyle in the
circulating blood
cytochylema
The more fluid portion of the
cytoplasm
Splen/o
spleen
Splenalgia
A rarely used term for a painful
condition of the spleen
Splenopexy
Suturing in place an ectopic or
floating spleen
Splenectopia
Displacement of the spleen, as in a
floating spleen.
splenoprotography
Introduction of radiopaque material
into the spleen to obtain
radiographic visualization of the
splenic and main portal veins of the
portal circulation
Lien/o:
spleen
Lienal
Related to spleen
Lienectomy
Lienorenal
Surgical removal of the
spleen
Pertaining to kidney and
spleen
Thym/o:
Thymectomy
Thymelcosis
Thymus
Surgical removal of
thymus
Obsolete term for
suppuration of the
thymus gland
Thymitis
Inflammation of the
thymus gland
thymocyte
A cell that develops in
the thymus
Tonsill/o:
Tonsil
Tonsillitis
Inflammation of tonsil
Tonsillectomy
Surgical removal of tonsil
Tonsillolith
A calcareous concretion
in a distended tonsillar
crypt
Tonsillopathy
Disease of the tonsil
Tonsillotomy
Incision of a tonsil
Myelo
Myeloblast
A combining form denoting
relationship to marrow to the
spinalcord or to the myelin
An immature cell found in bone
marrow
Myeloblastemia
Pesence of myeloblasts in the
blood
Myelofibrosis
Replacement of the bone marrow
by fibrous tissue
Myeloma
A tumor composed of cells of the
type normally found in the bone
marrow
myelophthisis
Reduction of the cell-forming
functions of the bone marrrow
Erythr/o
Red
Erythroblastemia
The presence of
nucleated red cells in the
peripheral blood
Erythrocyte
A mature red blood cell
erythroblastosis
The presence of
erythroblasts in
considerable numbers in
the blood
Protoerythrocyte
Proerythrocyte
erythrocytic
A primitive erythroblast
The precursor of an
erythrocyte; an immature
red blood cell with a
nucleus
Pertaining to an
erythrocyte
Leuk/o:
White
Leukobilin
bile without the usual
color resulting from bile
pigments
Leukemia
Leukocytosis
Progressive proliferation
of abnormal leukocytes
found in hemopoietic
tissues
An abnormally large
number of leukocytes, as
observed in acute
infections, inflammation,
hemorrhage, and other
conditions.
Leukocyt/o
Granular leukocyte
A type of cell formed in
the myelopoietic,
lymphoid, and reticular
portions of the
reticuloendothelial
system
any one of the
polymorphonuclear
leukocytes, especially a
neutrophilic leukocyte
Thromb/o:
Blood clot
Thromboangiitis
Inflammation of the intima of
a blood vessel, with
thrombosis
Thrombolysis
Fluidifying or dissolving of a
thrombus
Thrombosis
Formation or presence of a
thrombus
Thrombopoiesis
Precisely, the process of a clot
forming in blood, but generally
used with reference to the
formation of blood platelets
Thrombophlebitis
Venous inflammation with
thrombus formation
thrombopathy
Thrombocyt/o:
Thrombocytopathy
thrombocytopoiesis
A general term applied to
disorders of blood
platelets resulting in
defective thromboplastin,
without obvious change
in the appearance or
number of platelets
General term for any
disorder of the
coagulating mechanism
that results from
dysfunction of the blood
platelets
The process of formation
of thrombocytes or
platelets
Eosinopenia
The presence of eosinophils in
an abnormally small number in
the peripheral bloodstream
Eosinotactic
Exerting a force of attraction or
repulsion on eosinophil cells
Eosinotaxis
Movement of eosinophils with
reference to a stimulus which
attracts or repels them
Reticulocytopenia
Reticulocytosis
Paucity of reticulocytes in the
blood
An increase in the number of
circulating reticulocytes above
the normal, which is less than
1% of the total number of red
blood cells
Cyte
Leucocyte
Cell
A type of WBC(white
blood cell)
Erythrocyte
Red blood cell
Myelocy
Bone marrow cell
Embole/o:
emboly
Embolectomy
Surgical removal of an
embolus from a blood vessel
Embolism
The sudden blocking of an
artery by a clut or foreign
material
Embolization
Hyperchloremia
The process or conditon of
becoming an embolus
An abnormally large amount
of chloride ions in the
circulating blood.
Sept/o:
Septum
Septostomy
Surgical creation of a
septal defect
Atrioseptoplasty
Surgical repair of an
atrial septal defect
Pector\o:
Pectoralgia
Pain in the chest
Pectoral
Relating to the chest
Stethoscope
An instrument originally devised
by Laennec for aid in hearing
the respiratory and cardiac
sounds in the chest
Stethoscopy
Examination of the chest by
means of auscultation, either
mediate or immediate, and
percussion.
systolic murmur
a murmur heard during
ventricular systole
Systolometer
An apparatus for determining
the force of the cardiac
contraction
Telesystolic
Relating to the end of
ventricular systole
aortic stenosis
pathologic narrowing of the
aortic valve orifice
mitral stenosis
pathologic narrowing of the
orifice of the mitral valve
tricuspid stenosis
pathologic narrowing of the
orifice of the tricuspid valve
cardiac arrhythmia
any abnormality in the rate,
regularity, or sequence of
cardiac activation