bad terms | definitions |
AMA | Against Medical advice |
DDx | diferential diagnosis |
-genesis | producing |
-tome | instrument used to cut "e-equipment" |
-oma | tomor |
aden/o | gland (adenistis)
adenoma (tumor of the gland) |
blephar/o | eyelid
1. Eyelid; eyelids: blepharospasm.
2. Cilium; flagellum: blepharoplast.
1. Eyelid; eyelids: blepharospasm.
2. Cilium; flagellum: blepharoplast.
Noun 1. blepharism - condition in which a person blinks continuously |
onych/o | nail-claw
Onychectomy is the act of surgically removing the claws, most often of a household cat, though occasionally of other animals such as circus lions or dancing bears. This process involves amputating the entire distal phalanx, or end bone.declawin |
cost/o | rib
costalgia Pain in the ribs. |
trich/o | hair Hair; thread; filament: trichocyst. |
ile/o | small intestines |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
spondyl/o | spine |
viscer/o | internal organs |
mast/o | mammary glands (mastectomy) |
rhin/o | nasal |
neuro | nerves |
arter/o | arteries |
sclerosis | abnormal hardining |
osteo | bones |
arthro/o | joints |
cardi/o | heart |
-itis | inflammation |
-osis | condition |
-ology | study of |
AAHA | American Animal Hospital Association |
ENT | ears nose throat |
EENT | ears eyes nose throat |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
CNS | central nevrous system |
MM | mucous membrane |
mm | millimeter |
em- en- | within |
im- in- | within into |
intro | into |
mes/o | middle |
gnath | jaw |
ophthalm/o | eyes |
angi/o | vessels |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cyst/o | bladder or sac |
cyt/o | cell |
gastr/o | stomach |
hist/o | tissue |
ut.dict | as said; as directed |
CRT | capillary refill time |
melan/o | black |
erythr/o | red |
cyan/o | blue |
lip/o | fat |
hyal/o | glassy |
ele/o; ole/o | oil |
ur/e; ur/ea, ur/eo... | urine |
sial/o | saliva |
sangui/o | blood |
sebum | semi-fluid secretion of the sebaceous glands |
heme | deep red O2 carrying non-protien component of blood |
collagen | fibrous protein fibers, cartilage, tendons and connective tissue |
cerumen | ear wax |
serum | plasma without fibrogen |
pus | loc w/in infected tissue; WBC, cellular debris, necrotic tissue |
bpm | beats per minute |
hct | hematocrit |
DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
EEG | electroencephalogram |
-lith- | stone or calculus |
-asis- | state or condition |
chrom/o | color |
xanth/o | yellow |
hidr/o sudor | sweat |
hem/a, hemat/o, hem/o | blood |
galact/o, lact/o | milk |
dacry/o, lacrim/a | tears |
hydr/o | water hydrogen |
xer/o | dry |
stere/o | solid, firm, 3 dimensional |
sinistr/o | left |
scoli/o | crooked twisted |
ple/o | multiple |
platy | broad, flat |
lutein | lipochrome from corpusuteum, fat cells and egg yolk |
hormone | chemical transmitter, prod by cells of the body and trnsprtd by the bld stream |
plasma | formative substance, fluid portion of blood |
mucus | free slim of the MM |
chyle | milky fluid taken up fromt he intestine during digestion |
myocardium | thick middle layer of the heart wall |
diastole | relaxation stage |
antibody | protien formed to protect body from antigen |
lymphocyte | cell that stains with basic dye |
pulmonary valve | base of pulmonary artery AKA semilunar valve |
hemolytic anemia | resulting from destruction of erythrocytes |
hemothorax | accum of bld in the pleural cavity |
epistatxis | nose bleed |
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | heart muscle Dx found in cats |
myx/o | mucus |
pale/o | old |
orth/o | straight normal |
macr/o | large long |
lei/o | smooth |
is/o | equal alike same |
hom/eo, hom/o | similar same |
heter/o | other dissimilar |
glyc/o | glucose sweetness |
dipl/o | pair double |
cel/o, coel/o | cavity |
-plegia | paralysis |
salping/o | tube |
rhod/o | red |
chlor/o | green |
alb- | white |
endocardium | endothelial lining chambers of the heart |
pericardium | external membranous saces covering the heart |
antigen | sub that triggers formation of specific anitbodies |
hemogram | written record of CBC |
lymphosarcoma | malignant neoplasm of lymphoid tissue |
thrombocytopenia | decrease in platelet ct |
granulocytosis | large # of granulocytes in the bld |
neutropenia | decrease of neutrophils in bld |
hematoma | clotted bld, accum in tiss, organ or space due to blood vessal wall break |
deficiency anemia | iron-deficiency |
gli/o | glue |
mening/o | membrane lining CNS |
myring/o | ear drum |
phren/i, phren/ico, phren/o | diaphram |
caus, caut | burning |
-ectas- | dialation |
-flect-, flex- | bend |
op/ia | vision |
schist/o, schiz/o | cleft or dividided |
spasm/o | involuntary |
troph/o | nurishment, dev of growth |
ankyl/o | bend or stiff |
gen/o | formation |
brachy | short |
brev/i | short |
dextr/o | right side |
lept/o | thin |
ung | ointment |
capit/o | head |
cheil/o, chil/o | lip |
faci/o | face |
irid/o | iris |
om/o | shoulder |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
papill/o | nipple like |
phall/o | penis |
somat/o, somatic/o | body |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
cerebell/o | cerabelum |
cleid/o | clavicle |
copl/o | vagina |
encephal/o | brain |
BUN | blood uria nitrogen |
CO 2 | carbon dioxide |
CO | carbon monoxide |
CSF | cerebreal spinal fluid |
diff | differential |
ED | effective dose |
ED 50 | median effectiv dose |
pre- | before |
re- | again anew |
retro | backward back |
sub | below beneath |
super, supra | above or over |
sym-, syn | together, united, similar |
ultra- | beyond |
rrhaphy | surgical suture |
tel/e, /o | distant end |
poikil/o | irregular variable |
olig/o | few |
necr/o | death |
meg/a, meg/alo, meg/aly | large |
dolich/o | long |
-statsis | maintenance of |
stern/o | sternum breastbone |
GDV | gastric dilation volvolus (bloat0 |
hb, hgb | hemoglobin |
OFA | Orthopedic Foud for animals |
PU/PD | polyuria polydypsia |
PP | Plasma protein |
pan- | all or entire |
per- | through |
trans- | across through beyond |
peri- | around |
poly- | multiplicity many |
semi- | one half partly |
later/o | side |
bronch/i, o | bronchus bronchial tube |
bio- | life living |
path, pathy | disease |
-phage | eating |
-phil | having strong preference for |
lith/o | stone |
amyl/o | starch |
adip/o | fat |
dv | diarrhea vomiting |
D/V | dorsal Ventral |