Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Once you know the specific parts of the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems a bit better, it’s time to put your medical terminology expertise into practice. Here’s a list of cardio roots, prefixes, and suffixes. It also gives an example medical term for each.
Root Word
What It Means
Example
Aort/o
Aorta
Aortic
Angi/o
Vessel
Angiogram
Arteri/o
Artery
Arteriosclerosis
Arteriol/o
Arteriole
Arteriolitis
Ather/o
Yellow plaque or fatty substance
Atherosclerosis
Atri/o, atri/a
Atrium
Atrioventricular
Cardi/o
Heart
Cardiomegaly
Coron/o
Heart
Coronary
Ox/o, ox/i
Oxygen
Oximeter
Phleb/o
Vein
Phlebitis
Pulmon/o
Lung
Pulmonary
Scler/o
Hardening
Sclerotherapy
Thromb/o
Clot
Thrombus
Valv/o, valvul/o
Valve
Valvular
Vas/o
Vessel
Vasoconstriction
Ven/o
Vein
Venotomy
Venul/o
Venule
Venulitis
Ventricul/o
Ventricle
Ventricular
Prefix or Suffix
What It Means
Example
Brady
Slow
Bradycardia
Tachy
Fast
Tachycardia
-graph
Instrument used to record
Electrocardiograph
-graphy
Process of recording
Electrocardiography
-gram
Picture or finished record
Electrocardiogram
Check out this list of lymphatic roots and suffixes.