The medical term meaning disease of the blood vessel(s) is

angiopathy
angioplasty
cardiothoracic
cardiopathy


angiopathy

Rationale: A suffix meaning disease is -pathy; angi/o is the combining form for (blood) vessels; and -plasty is a surgical repair. The combining form of cardi/o relates to the heart.

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