MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Prefixes:
 A- : without
 Brady- : show
 Dextro- : right
 Electro- : electrical
 Endo- : within/inside
 Pan- : all
 Peri- : around
 Tachy- : fast

Root/Combining Form
 Dynam/o : force
 Ech/o : echo
 Lith/o : stone
 Man/o : pressure
 My/o : muscle
 Necr/o : death, dead
 Phon/o :sound/voice

Suffixes
 -algia : conditionof pain
 -centesis : surgical puncture to remove fluid
 -ectasis : dilatation/stretching
 -ectomy : removal of
 -gram : X ray/recording
 -graph : instrument that that records
 -graphy : technique of recording
 -itis : inflamation of
 -megaly : enlargement
 -osis : abnormal condition
 -oma : tumour/swelling
 -plasty : surgical repair
 -plegia : condition of paralysis
 -sclerosis : abnormal condition of hardening
 -spasm : involuntary contraction of muscle
 -stasis : atopping of movement
 -stenosis : abnormal condition of narrowing
 -tome : cutting instrument
 -tomy : incision into
Medical words in cardiovascular system:

 Card (kardia) : heart

 Valv (valva) : membran in tube or passage permitting flow in one
direction only
 Vas/vasculo : blood vessel
 Angi/o : vessel/blood vessel
 Phleb (phlebos) : vein
 Thromb (thrombos) : a cloth
 Aneurysm : dilatation
 Sphygm (sphygmos) : pulsation

ABREVIATION

 AAA : abdominal aortic aneurysm

 AF : atrial fibrillation
 AMI : acute myocardial infarction
 CABG : coronary artery bypass grafting
 CAD : coronary artery disease
 CCU : coronary care unit
 CPR : cardiopulmonary resuscitation
 CT : Coronary thrombosis
 ECG : electrocardiogram
 MI : myocarial infarction
 MS : mitral stenosis

Let’s Practice:
1. Enlargement of the heart..................
2. Surgical repair of the heart..................
3. Disease of the heart..................
4. Study of the heart..................
5. Inflamation of blood vessels..................
6. Any disease of aorta..................
7. Abnormal condition of having a clot..................
8. Dilatation of vein..................
9. Instrument which measures arterial blood pressure..................
10. Inflammation of vein associated with thrombus..................
Let’s practice

1. Electrotrocardiograph A. Instrumen which measures the

2. Sphygmomanometer pressure within a vein
3. Stethoscope B. Instrument used to listen to sounds
4. Echocardiography within the chest
5. Phlebomanometer C. Instrument which records the
6. Phonocardiogram electrical activity of the heart
D. Instrument which measure arterial
blood pressure
E. Recording the heart sound
F. Technique of recording heart using
reflected ultrasound