| Question | Answer |
| coron/o | heart |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta largest artery in the body |
| ather/o | fatty substance |
| atri/o | atrium upper chambers of the heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| corpor/o | body |
| embol/o | plug |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| phleb/o | vein |
| sept/o | wall |
| son/o | sound |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| -cardia | heart condition |
| -manometer | instrument to measure pressure |
| -ole | small |
| -spasm | involuntary muscle contraction |
| -tension | pressure |
| -tonic | pertaining to tone |
| -ule | small |
| di- | two |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| duct/o | to bring |
| electr/o | electricity |
| hem/o | blood |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| thromb/o | clot |
| anti- | against |
| endo- | inner |
| hyper- | excessive |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| tachy- | fast |
| peri- | around |
| per- | through |
| brady- | slow |
| hypo- | insufficient |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| fibrin/o | fibers |
| fus/o | pouring |
| granul/o | granules |
| hemat/o | blood |
| morph/o | shape |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| septic/o | infection |
| -philia | condition of being attracted to |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| -crit | separation of |
| -cytic | pertaining to cells |
| -cytosis | more than the normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -penia | abnormal decrease, too few |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -phillic | pertaining to being attracted to |
| -plastic | pertaining to formation |
| -plastin -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to abnormal flow |
| -stasis | standing still |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| -globin | protein |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | action |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -oma | mass |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| a- an- | without |
| anti- | against |
| dys- | abnormal |
| mono- | one |
| homo- | same |
| pan- | all |
| auto- | self |
| trans- | across |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| axill/o | axilla underarm |
| immun/o | protection |
| inguin/o | groin region |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| -edema | swelling |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| -globulin | protein |
| -phage | to eat |
| -toxic | pertaining to poison |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| path/o | disease |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| -megaly | enlarged |
| -pathy | disease |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -gram | record |
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