cardi/o

• bradycardiabrady·card·ia

  1. Prefixbrady-slow
  2. +Rootcardi/oheart
  3. +Suffix-iacondition

  a slow heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats a minute

• tachycardiatachy·card·ia

  1. Prefixtachy-fast, rapid
  2. +Rootcardi/oheart
  3. +Suffix-iacondition

  rapid beating of the heart, usually more than 100 beats a minute

• cardiologycardio·logy

  1. Rootcardi/oheart
  2. +Suffix-logystudy of

  the branch of medicine that deals with the heart, how it works and its diseases

• pericarditisperi·card·itis

  1. Prefixperi-around, surrounding
  2. +Rootcardi/oheart
  3. +Suffix-itisinflammation

  inflammation of the pericardium, the sac around the heart

• cardiomegalycardio·megaly

  1. Rootcardi/oheart
  2. +Suffix-megalyenlargement

  an enlarged heart

• cardiaccardi·ac

  1. Rootcardi/oheart
  2. +Suffix-acpertaining to

  relating to the heart

• cardiogramcardio·gram

  1. Rootcardi/oheart
  2. +Suffix-grama record, an image

  a tracing of the heart's electrical activity; short for electrocardiogram

• cardiogeniccardio·genic

  1. Rootcardi/oheart
  2. +Suffix-genicproducing, causing, or originating in

  originating in the heart or caused by a heart condition, as in cardiogenic shock

Terms in our life science dictionary that list cardi/o among their word parts.

• Cardiac cycle
• Cardiac output
• Heart
• Myocardial infarction

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• CARDI- Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• 9.2 Word Components Related to the Cardiovascular System – Medical Terminology – 2e

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