Answer Key • APPENDIX B 577ContinuedMedical Term Word Elements Meaning- echo/cardi/o/graphy echo- (P) a repeated sound
cardi/o (CF) heart
-graphy (S) process of recording - electr/o/cardi/o/gram electr/o (CF) electricity
cardi/o (CF) heart
-gram (S) record, writing - embol/us embol (WR) embolus (plug)
-us (S) condition; structure - hem/o/rrhage hem/o (CF) blood
-rrhage bursting forth (of) - hyper/tension hyper- (P) excessive, above normal
-tension (S) to stretch - immun/o/gen immun/o (CF) immune, immunity, safe
-gen (S) forming, producing, origin - isch/emia isch (WR) to hold back; block
-emia (S) blood - lymph/aden/itis lymph (WR) lymph
aden (WR) gland
-itis (S) inflammation - lymph/angi/oma lymph (WR) lymph
angi (WR) vessel (usually blood or lymph)
-oma (S) tumor - phag/o/cyte phag/o (CF) swallowing, eating
-cyte (S) cell - phleb/o/stenosis phleb/o vein
-stenosis narrowing, stricture - splen/o/megaly splen/o (CF) spleen
-megaly (S) enlargement - tachy/cardia tachy- (P) rapid
-cardia (S) heart condition - thromb/o/genesis thromb/o (CF) blood clot
-genesis (S) forming, producing, origin - thyroid/ectomy thyroid (WR) thyroid gland
-ectomy (S) excision, removal - ultra/son/o/graphy ultra- (P) excess, beyond
son/o (CF) sound
-graphy (S) process of recording
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