What term refers to pain of the heart?

• A. Cardiology
• B. Cardiologist
• C. Cardiodynia
• D. Cardiomegaly

Answer: (C)

In medical terminology, pain in a body part is usually shown with the suffix -dynia, while cardio- refers to the heart. So cardiodynia literally means heart pain. This is the direct, descriptive term for pain of the heart. The other terms point to different concepts: cardiology is the study of the heart, a cardiologist is a heart specialist, and cardiomegaly means an enlarged heart. In everyday clinical language, chest pain related to heart issues is often described as angina, but the specific term that means heart pain from these word parts is cardiodynia.