CPR/Cardiovasculary System

Medical Terminology

Ac

• Pertaining to

• Cardiac- pertaining to the heart

Angi/o

• Vessel

• Usually refers to blood vessels

• Angioplasty- surgical repair of a blood vessel

Aort/o

• Aorta

• Aortagram- x-ray image of the aorta (after an injection of contrast medium

Apheresis

• Removal

• Plasmapheresis- removal of plasma (from withdrawn blood)

Arteri/o

• Artery

• Arteriorrhexis- rupture of an artery

Ather/o

• Yellowish, fatty plaque

• Atherectomy- excision of plaque from a blocked artery (using a specialized catheter and a rotary cutter

Cardi/o

• Heart

• Cardiology –the study of the heart and its actions and diseases

Crit

• To separate

• Hematocrit – separate blood

Ech/o

• Sound

• Echocardiogram- record of the heart (structure and motion) using sound

Electr/o

• Electricity, electrical activity

• Electrocardiograph –instrument used to record the electrical activity of the heart

End/o

• Within

• Endoscope –an instrument used for visualizing the interior of a hollow organ (as the rectum or urethra)

Isch/o

• Deficiency or blockage

• Ischemia –deficiency of blood

Itis

• Inflammation

• Myocarditis –inflammation of the muscle of the heart

My/o

• Muscle

• Myocardial infarction – death (necrosis) of a portion of the myocardial muscle (heart) caused by lack of oxygen resulting from an interrupted blood supply ( a heart attack)

Odynia

• Pain

• Myodynia – pain in a muscle

Oma

• Tumor or swelling

• Thymoma – tumor of the thymus (glandular structure of mostly lymphoid tissue) gland

Pathy

• Disease

• Lymphadenopathy –disease of the lymph glands (Lymphadenopathy Syndrome is persistent and generalized swelling of the lymph nodes often associated with the AIDS)

Poly

• Many or much

• Polycythemia –any condition marked by an abnormal increase in the number of circulating red blood cells

Penia

• Abnormal reduction in number

• Hematocytopenia –abnormal reduction in the number of blood cells

Phleb/o

• Vein

• Phlebotomize- to draw blood

Poiesis

• Formation or production

• Lymphopoiesis –formation or production of lymph (transparent, usually colorless, tissue fluid

Sclerosis

• Hardening

• Scleroid –hard tissue

Sphygm/o

• Pulse

• Sphygmograph- an instrument that records graphically the movements or character of the pulse.

Stenosis

• Constriction or narrowing

• Angiostenosis – narrowing of a blood vessel

Steth/o

• Chest

• Stethoscope – an instrument used to detect and study sounds produced in the body

Tachy

• Fast or rapid

• Tachypnea –rapid breathing

Thromb/o

• Clot

• Thrombosis – the formation or presence of a blood clot within a blood vessel

Valvul/o

• Valve

• Cardiovalvulitis – inflammation of the valves of the heart