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1
Q

ang/i

A

vessel

2
Q

angi/o

A

vessel

3
Q

angin/o

A

to choke

4
Q

arteri/o

A

artery

5
Q

arter/o

A

artery

6
Q

ather/o

A

fatty substance; porridge

7
Q

atri/o

A

atrium

8
Q

auscultat/o

A

to listen

9
Q

card/i

A

heart

10
Q

cardi/o

A

heart

11
Q

chol/e

A

bile

12
Q

circulat/o

A

circular

13
Q

claudicat/o

A

to limp

14
Q

corpor/e

A

body

15
Q

cyan/o

A

dark blue

16
Q

dilat/o

A

to widen

17
Q

dynam/o

A

power

18
Q

ech/o

A

reflected sound

19
Q

electr/o

A

electricity

20
Q

embol/o

A

a throwing in

21
Q

glyc/o

A

sweet, sugar

22
Q

hem/o

A

blood

23
Q

infarct/o

A

infarct (necrosis of an area)

24
Q

isch/o

A

to hold back

25
Q

lipid/o

A

fat

26
Q

lun/o

A

moon

27
Q

man/o

A

thin

28
Q

mitr/o

A

mitral valve

29
Q

occlus/o

A

to close up

30
Q

ox/i

A

oxygen

31
Q

palpit/o

A

throbbing

32
Q

pector/o

A

chest

33
Q

phleb/o

A

vein

34
Q

phon/o

A

sound

35
Q

pulmonar/o

A

lung

36
Q

rrhythm/o

A

rhythm

37
Q

scler/o

A

hardening

38
Q

sept/o

A

a partition

39
Q

sin/o

A

curve

40
Q

sphygm/o

A

pulse

41
Q

sten/o

A

narrowing

42
Q

steth/o

A

chest

43
Q

thromb/o

A

clot of blood

44
Q

valvul/o

A

valve

45
Q

vas/o

A

vessel

46
Q

vascul/o

A

small vessel

47
Q

ven/i

A

vein

48
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle

49
Q

vers/o

A

turning

50
Q

anastom/o

A

opening

51
Q

sterol

A

solid (fat)

52
Q

oxy

A

sour, sharp, acid