cardi/o

Medical Root
cardi/o

cardi/o means heart (from the Greek).

What does cardi/o mean?

The root cardi/o means "heart". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using cardi/o

WordMeaning
cardiologystudy of the heart
cardiomyopathydisease of heart muscle

Related word parts

angi/o · vas/o

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