| Cardi/o |
= heart |
Endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis (inflammation of the lining, the muscle layer, the outer layer of the heart) |
| Brady/tachy |
= slow/fast |
Bradycardia (rate<60) tachycardia (rate>100) |
| Angi/o |
= vessel |
Angiography, angiogram (X-ray of artery) |
| Veno/phlebo |
= vein |
Venogram (X-ray of veins), phlebitis (inflammation of veins) |
| -stasis |
= to stop |
Hemostasis (to stop bleeding), hemostat (a clamp-like instrument) |
| -cyte |
= cell |
Erythrocytes, leukocytes (red, white blood cells) |
| Hem/o, -emia |
= blood |
Hypoxemia (low oxygen), hematosalpinx (blood in the uterine tubes) |
