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Vet Science List
Veterinary Science List
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A-, an- | not, without, less |
| Ab | away from |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| Acous/acouso- | hearing |
| Acr/acro- | extremity, topmost |
| -acusis | hearing condition |
| -ad | toward, in the direction of |
| ad- | increase, adherence, motion toward, very |
| aden/adeno- | gland |
| adip/adipo- | fat |
| adren/adreno- | gland |
| -aemia | blood condition (BrE) |
| aer/aero- | air, gas |
| aesthesio- | sensation (BrE) |
| -al | pertaining to |
| alge/algesi- | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| algio/algo- | pain |
| ambi- | around, on all sides, both |
| an- | not, without |
| an/o | anus |
| angi- | blood vessel |
| ankyl/ankylo- | crooked, stiff |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against, opposed to |
| apo- | separated from, derived from |
| arteri/arterio- | artery |
| arthr/arthro- | joint, articulation |
| articul/articulo- | joint |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ation | process |
| auri- | ears (aural) |
| aut/auto- | self, same |
| bacteri/bacterio- | bacteria |
| bi- | twice, double |
| bio- | life |
| blast/blasto- | germ or bud |
| bleph/blepharo- | eyelid |
| brachi/brachio- | arm |
| brady- | slow |
| bronch/bronchi- | bronchus |
| bucc/bucco- | cheek |
| burs/burso- | bursa |
| carcin/carcino- | cancer |
| cardi/cardio- | heart, esophageal opening of stomach |
| cata- | down |
| -cele | pouching, hernia |
| -centesis | surgical puncture for aspiration |
| cephal/cephalo- | head |
| chem/chemo- | chemistry, drug |
| chlor/chloro- | green |
| chol- | bile |
| chondrio/chondro- | cartilage, gristle, granule, granular |
| chrom/chromato- | color |
| -cidal/cide | killing, destroying |
| circum- | around |
| cis- | on this side |
| co- | with, together, in association |
| col/colo/colono- | colon |
| com- | with, together |
| contra | against |
| cor- | with, together |
| costo | ribs |
| crani/cranio- | cranium, skull |
| cry/cryo- | cold |
| cycl- | circle, cycle |
| cyst/cysti/cysto- | bladder or sac |
| cyt/cyto- | cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| dacrio- | tear |
| dactyl/dactylo- | digit (finger or toe) |
| de- | away from, cessation |
| derm/dermis/dermato- | skin |
| -desis | binding |
| dextr/dextro- | right, on the right side |
| di- | separation, two |
| dif- | separation |
| dis- | separation, taking apart |
| duodeno- | duodenum |
| dynamo- | force, energy |
| -dynia | pain |
| dys- | bad, difficult |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| ec- | out, away |
| ect- | outer, outside |
| -ectasis | expansion, dilation |
| ecto- | outer, outside |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition (AmE) |
| -encephal/encephalo- | brain |
| endo- | internal |
| enter/entero- | small intestine |
| epi- | upon |
| erythr/erythro- | red |
| -esophageal/esophago- | gullet (AmE) |
| esthesio- | sensation (AmE) |
| eu- | good, well |
| ex- | out of, away from |
| exo- | exterior, outward |
| extra- | outside |
| edopotra- | stiff |
| fibr/fibro- | fiber |
| -form | in the form or shape of |
| -galact/galacto- | milk |
| -gen | origin or production |
| gloss/glosso- | tongue |
| glott/glotto- | opening |
| gluco- | glucose |
| glyco- | sugar |
| gnath/gnatho- | jaw |
| -gram | recording |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| gyn/gyno- | woman, also |
| gynae/gynaeco- | (BrE) |
| gyne/gyneco- | (AmE) |
| haem/haema/haemat/haemato/haemo- | blood (BrE) |
| hem/hema/hemat/hemato- | blood (AmE) |
| hemi- | one half |
| hemo- | blood (AmE) |
| hepat/hepatico/hepato- | liver |
| hidr/hidro- | sweat |
| hist/histio/histo- | tissue |
| hydr/hydro- | water |
| hyper- | above normal, excessive |
| hypo- | below normal, deficient |
| hyster/hystero- | uterus |
| -ia/iasis | condition |
| -iatrics | treatment |
| -iatry | treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -icle | small |
| -ics | organized knowledge, treatment |
| idio- | self, one's own |
| ileo- | ileum |
| infra- | below |
| inter- | between, among |
| intra- | within |
| irid/irido- | iris |
| ischi/ischio- | ischium |
| -ism | condition, disease |
| -ismus | spasm, contraction |
| iso- | equal, like |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -ite | the nature of, resembling |
| -itis | inflammataion |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| karyo- | nucleus |
| kerat/kerato- | cornea (eye or skin) |
| kin/kine/kinesi/kinesio- | movement |
| kino- | movement |
| kyph/kypho- | humped |
| lacrim/lacrimo- | tear |
| lact/lacti/lacto- | milk |
| laryng/laryngo- | larynx |
| latero- | lateral |
| lei/leio- | smooth |
| -lepsis/lepsy | seizure |
| lepto- | light, slender |
| leuk/leuko- | white |
| linguo- | tongue |
| lip/lipo- | fat |
| lith/litho- | stone, calculus |
| log- | speech |
| -logist | one who specializes in the study or treatment of |
| logo- | speech |
| -logy | study of |
| lymph/lympho- | lymph |
| lys-/lyso-/-lytic | dissolution |
| macr/macro- | large, long |
| -malacia | softening |
| mast/masto- | breast |
| meg/mega- | large |
| megal/megalo- | large |
| -megaly | large |
| melan/melano- | black |
| mening/meningo- | meninges |
| mes/meso- | middle |
| meta- | after, behind |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| micr/micro- | smallness, one-millionth |
| mon/mono- | single |
| morph/morpho- | form, shape |
| muscul/musculo- | muscle |
| my/myo- | muscle |
| myc/myco- | fungus |
| myel/myelo- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring/myringo- | eardrum |
| myx/myxo- | mucus |
| necr/necro- | death |
| neo- | new |
| nephr/nephro- | kidney |
| neur/neuri/neuro- | nerve |
| normo- | normal |
| oculo- | eye |
| odont/odonto- | tooth |
| odyn/odyno- | pain |
| -oesophageal/oesophago- | gullet (BrE) |
| -oid | resemblance to |
| olig/oligo- | few, little |
| -oma | tumor |
| -omata | plural of -oma |
| onco- | tumor, bulk, volume |
| onych/onycho- | fingernail, toenail |
| oo- | egg, ovary |
| oophor/oophoro- | ovary |
| ophthalm/ophthalmo- | eye |
| orchi/orchido/orchio- | testis |
| orth/ortho- | straight, normal, correct |
| -osis | a condition, disease or increase |
| osseo- | bony |
| ossi- | bone |
| ost/oste/osteo- | bone |
| ot/oto- | ear |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| ovari/ovario/ovi/ovo- | ovary |
| oxo- | addition of oxygen |
| oxy- | sharp, acid, cute, oxygen |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan/pant/panto- | all, entire |
| para- | alongside of, abnormal |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| path/patho- | disease |
| -pathy | disease |
| pelv/pelvi/pelvo- | hip bone |
| -penia | deficiency |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around, about |
| -pexy | fixation |
| phaco- | lens-shaped |
| -phage/phagia | eating, devouring |
| phago- | eating, devouring |
| -phagy | eating, devouring |
| pharmaco- | drug, medicine |
| pharyng/pharyngo- | pharynx |
| -phil/philia | attraction for |
| phleb/phlebo- | vein |
| phob/phobo- | exaggerated fear, sensitivity |
| phon/phono- | sound |
| phos- | light |
| phot/photo- | light |
| phren/phreni- | diaphragm |
| phrenico/phreno- | diahragm |
| -plasia | formation, development |
| plasty | surgical repair, recontruction |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| pleur/pleura/pleuro- | rib/pleura |
| pneum/pneuma- | air, lung |
| pneumat/pneumato- | air, lung |
| pod/podo- | foot |
| -poiesis | production |
| poly- | multiplicity |
| por/poro- | pore, pourous |
| post- | after, behind posterior |
| pre- | anterior, before |
| presby/presbyo- | old age |
| pro- | before, forward |
| proct/procto- | anus, rectum |
| psych/psyche/psycho- | mind |
| -ptosis | falling, downward placement |
| pyel/pyel0- | pelvis |
| pyo- | pus |
| pyro- | fever |
| quadr/quadri- | four |
| rachi/rachio | spine |
| radio- | radiation, radius |
| re- | again, backward |
| rect/recto- | rectum |
| ren/reno- | kidney |
| reticul/reticulo- | net |
| retro- | backward, behind |
| rhabd/rhabdo- | rod shaped, striated |
| rhin/rhino- | nose |
| -rrhage | burst forth |
| -rrhagia | discharge |
| -rrhaphy | surgical suturing |
| -rrhea | flowing, discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| salping/salpingo- | tube |
| sarco- | muscular, fleshlike |
| schisto- | split, cleft |
| schiz/schizo- | split, cleft, division |
| scler/sclero- | hardness |
| scoli/scolio- | twisted |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | use of instrument for viewing |
| semi- | one half, partly |
| sial/sialo- | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/sigmoido- | sigmoid, sigmoid colon |
| sinistr/sinistro- | left, left side |
| -sis | condition of |
| sito- | food, grain |
| somat/somatico/somato- | body, bodily |
| spasmo- | spasm |
| sperma/spermato/spermo- | semen, spermatozoa |
| splanchn/splanchni/splanchno- | viscera |
| splen/spleno- | spleen |
| spondyl/spondylo- | vertebra |
| -stasis | stop, stand |
| -staxis | dripping, trickling |
| steno- | narrowness, constriction |
| stheno- | strength, force, power |
| stom/stoma- | mouth |
| stomat/stomato- | mouth |
| -stomy | creation of opening |
| sub- | beneath |
| super- | in excess, above, superior |
| supra- | above, excessive |
| sy/syl- | together |
| sym- | together |
| syn- | together |
| sys- | together |
| tachy- | fast |
| -tension/-tensive | pressure (of blood) |
| thel/thelo- | nipples |
| therm/thermo- | heat |
| thorac/thoracico/thoraco- | chest, thorax |
| thromb/thrombo- | blood clot |
| thry/thyro- | thyroid gland |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| toco- | childbirth |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -tomy | cutting operation |
| tono- | tone, tension, pressure |
| -tony | tension |
| top/topo- | place, topical |
| tox/toxi/toxico/toxo- | toxin, poison |
| trache/tracheo- | trachea |
| trans- | across, through, beyond |
| trich/trichi/trichia/tricho- | hair, hairlike structure |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -trophy | tissue |
| tympan/tympano- | eardrum |
| -ula/ule | small |
| ultra- | beyond, excessive |
| uni- | one |
| uri/uric/urico- | uric acid |
| ur/uro- | urine |
| varic/varico- | swollen or twisted vein |
| vas/vaso- | duct, blood vessel |
| vasculo- | blood vessel |
| vesic/vesico- | vesicle |
| xanth/xantho- | yellow, yellowish |
| -y | condition or process of |
| zo/zoo- | animal, animal like |
| zym/zymo- | fermentation, enzyme |
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