cardi
cardi — 字首
1. a shortened form of the prefix cardio-, used before a vowel sound at the start o
心（前綴）
cardio- 的變體，用於母音前
a shortened form of the prefix cardio-, used before a vowel sound at the start of a suffix or root. It adds the meaning 'heart' to the word it forms, as in carditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) or cardialgia (pain in or near the heart).
When Astrid's blood test showed signs of infection, the doctor explained that acute carditis was inflaming her heart muscle.
Astrid 的血液檢查顯示感染跡象後，醫生解釋說急性心臟炎正在使她的心肌發炎。
cardi- + -itis (inflammation of heart muscle)
During a routine check-up, Wei's chest X-ray revealed cardiomegaly, even though he had not felt any symptoms yet.
在例行健檢中，Wei 的胸部 X 光顯示心臟肥大，儘管他還沒有感覺到任何症狀。
cardi- + -megaly (enlargement of heart)
Talía's grandfather was treated for cardialgia, which kept him awake most nights.
Talía 的祖父因心臟痛接受治療，那種疼痛讓他每晚都睡不著。
The emergency team worked through the night to treat a patient in cardiogenic shock after a major heart attack.
急救團隊徹夜工作，為一名嚴重心臟病發作後出現心因性休克的病人進行治療。
文法句型
cardi- + vowel-initial suffix
用法筆記
Frequently followed by vowel-initial suffixes such as -itis, -algia, -megaly, -genic. Do not use before consonant-initial suffixes — use cardio- in those cases (cardiology, not cardilogy).
常見錯誤
cardi — 構詞成分
1. relating to the heart; used at the beginning of a word to form terms that descri
心臟
與心臟或心臟疾病相關
relating to the heart; used at the beginning of a word to form terms that describe heart conditions, medical procedures, or scientific ideas connected with the heart. For example, a cardiologist is a doctor who treats heart disease, and cardiovascular refers to the heart and blood vessels together.
Anjali visited a cardiologist after her blood pressure readings stayed high for two weeks.
Anjali 的血壓連續兩週偏高，於是去看心臟科醫生。
cardiologist: specialist in heart medicine
After Mayumi felt dizzy at her desk, the nurse ran a cardiogram to check whether her heart's rhythm was normal.
Mayumi 在辦公桌前感到頭暈之後，護理師為她做了心電圖，檢查她的心律是否正常。
cardiogram: recording of heart activity
Dr. Asher, a cardiothoracic surgeon, is performing a five-hour procedure to repair a damaged heart valve.
Asher 醫生是一位心胸外科醫師，正進行一項長達五小時的手術，修復受損的心臟瓣膜。
Min walks for thirty minutes every day to improve her cardiovascular fitness.
Min 每天步行三十分鐘，以增進她的心血管健康。
Kofi's father needed cardiopulmonary bypass surgery after three of his coronary arteries became severely blocked.
Kofi 的父親需要接受心肺繞道手術，因為他的三條冠狀動脈已經嚴重阻塞。
文法句型
cardi(o)- + suffix or root
用法筆記
This combining form is extremely productive in medical English. Most words beginning with cardi- or cardio- are formed from this combining form. The variant cardi- appears before vowel-initial suffixes; cardio- appears before consonant-initial suffixes.