医学英语Unit 4 TextA.doc

What people want is not knowledge, but certainty. The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. Unit 4 The Circulatory System Part A Terminology Stems /Affixes Meaning Examples angl(o)- vessel angiogram 心血管造影术 aort(o)- aorta aortic stenosis 主动脉狭窄 arter(o)- artery arteriosclerosis 动脉硬化 ather(o)- fatty substance atheroma 动脉粥样化 atri(o)- heart chamber atrioventricular 房室的 cardi(o)- heart cardiomegaly 心肥大 coron(o)- heart coronary artery 冠状动脉 hem(o)- blood hemoglobin 血红蛋白 hemat(o)- blood hematopericardium 心包积血 pericardi(o)- pericardium pericardiocentesis 心包穿刺 phleb(o)- vein phlebitis 静脉炎 rrhythm(o)- rhythm arrhythmia 心律不齐 sphygm(o)- pulse sphygmomanometer 血压计 steth(o)- chest stethoscope 听诊器 thromb(o)- clot thrombolysis 血栓溶解 valvul(o)- valve valvuloplasty 瓣膜成形术 vas(o)- vessel vasoconstriction 血管收缩 vascul(o)- vessel vascular 脉管的 ven(o)- vein venous 静脉的 ventricul(o)- lower heart chamber ventriculotmy 心室切开术 cor(o)- circle or crown coronary 冠状的 ischi(o)- deficiency ischemia 局部缺血 brady- slow bradycardia 心动过缓 tachy- fast tachycardia 心动过速 electr(o)- electricity electrocardiogram 心电图 -ectomy surgical removal thymectomy 胸腺切除术 -graph instrument to record cardiopneumograph 心肺运动描记器 -graphy process of recording cardioangiography 心血管造影术 -ostomy creating a new or ventriculoatriosto 脑室心房造口术 an artificial opening -plasty surgical repair cardioplasty 贲门成形术 -(r)rhage bleeding hemorrhage 出血 -tomy incision cardiotomy 心切开术 ■Exercises I Give the meaning for the following affixes or stems and provide one example for each. Stems /Affixes Meaning Examples angl(o)- arter(o)- cardi(o)- pericardi(o)-