- abnormal
- departure from a normal state.
- antineoplastic
- against development of a tumor.
- appendicitis
- inflammation of the appendix.
- arterial
- pertaining to an artery.
- arteriocarditis
- inflammation of an artery of the heart.
- arteriology
- study of arteries.
- arteriopathy
- a disease of arteries.
- arteriovenous
- pertaining to arteries and veins.
- arthritis
- inflammation of one or more joints.
- arthrology
- the study of joints.
- arthropathy
- a disease of joints.
- axilla
- the underarm or armpit region.
- bilateral
- pertaining to both sides of a body part.
- cardiac
- pertaining to the heart.
- cardiology
- study of the heart.
- cardiopathic
- pertaining to a disease of the heart.
- carditis
- inflammation of the heart.
- combining form
- the combination of a word root and a combining vowel.
- combining vowel
- a single letter that follows a word root, and serves to connect the word root.
- diagnosis
- an estimated identification of a disease.
- endocardial
- pertaining to the membrane lining the inside of the heart.
- endocarditis
- inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
- ganglia
- a cluster of neurons outside the central nervous system.
- gastric
- pertaining to the stomach.
- gastritis
- inflammation of the stomach.
- gastrohepatic
- pertaining to the stomach and liver.
- gastrology
- study of the stomach.
- hepatitis
- inflammation of the liver.
- hypergastric
- pertaining to a stomach excess.
- hypertension
- persistently high blood pressure. It includes essential hypertension, in which the condition is not traceable to a single cause, and secondary hypertension, in which the high blood pressure is caused by the effects of another disease, such as atherosclerosis.
- intravenous
- within a vein.
- myocardium
- a layer of the heart wall composed of cardiac muscle tissue.
- osteitis
- inflammation of bone.
- osteoarthropathy
- a disease of bone and joints.
- pathology
- the study of disease.
- prefix
- a word part that is placed before the root to modify its meaning.
- suffix
- a word part that is placed after the root to modify its meaning.
- word root
- the part of a word that contains its primary meaning.
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