ANATOMY
CHEST AND CARDIOVASCULAR
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terms meaning vein
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ven/o & phleb/o
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ven/o & arteri/o
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phleb/o and angi/o
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angi/o & ven/o
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Veno-comes from the Latin vēna, meaning “blood vessel, vein.” A vein, in contrast to an artery, is one of the systems of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. The Latin word vēna is also ultimately the source of such vein-based words as venous.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phleb/o, ven/o or ven/i is a combining form for “vein”. Example Word: phleb/o/tomy. Word Breakdown: Phleb/o pertains to the “vein”, -tomy is a suffix that refers to “surgical incision”.
Detailed explanation-3: -Vaso-= relating to a vessel, usually a blood vessel (Latin)
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