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VMT Chapter One
all of Chapter One
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Eponyms | words formed from a person's name |
| Prefix | word part found at the beginning |
| Root | word part that gives the essential meaning |
| Combining vowel | vowel, usually an O, that is added to the end of a root to make the word easier to pronounce |
| Combining form | combination of the root and combining vowel |
| Suffix | words part found at the end |
| Pre- | means before |
| Peri- | means around |
| Preoperative | means before an operation |
| Perioperative | means pertaining to the period around an operation, period before, during, and after |
| Postoperative | means after an operation |
| Arthroscope | is an instrument used to visually examine the joint |
| Gastritis | is inflammation of the stomach |
| Ab- | means away from |
| Abduction | means to take away from the midline |
| Emetic | pertaining to vomiting |
| Dys- | difficult, painful, or bad |
| Dysphagia | means difficulty eating or swallowing |
| Endo- | means within or inside |
| Endorcrine | means to secrete internally |
| Endoparasite | is an organism that lives within the body of the host |
| Hyper- | means elevated, higher, or more than normal |
| Hyperglycemia | Means elevated amounts of blood glucose (blood sugar) |
| Inter- | means between |
| Intercostal | between the ribs |
| Poly- | many |
| Polyuria | excessive amount or frequency of urination |
| Pre- | before |
| Preanesthetic | pertaining to before anesthesia |
| Sub- | below, under, or less |
| sublingual | under the tongue |
| A- or AN- | without or no |
| Atraumatic | without injury |
| Anuria | absence of urine |
| Ad- | toward |
| Adduction | move toward the midline |
| Anti- | against |
| Antiemetics | work against or prevent vomiting |
| Eu- | good, easy, or normal |
| Euthyroid | having a normally functioning thyroid gland |
| Ex- Or Exo- | with out, out of, outside, or away from |
| Exocrine | to secrete externally (Sweat) |
| Ecto- | outside |
| Ectoparasite | is an organism that live on the outer surface of the host |
| Hypo- | depressed, lower, or less than normal |
| Hypoglycemia | depressed amount of blood glucose (blood sugar) |
| Intra- | within |
| Intramuscular | within the muscle |
| Oligo- | scant or little |
| Oliguria | scant amount or frequency of urination |
| Post- | after |
| Postanesthetic | means pertaining to after anesthesia |
| Super- OR Supra | above, beyond, or excessive |
| Supernumerary | more than regular number |
| Suprascapular | above the shoulder blade |
| Pan- | all |
| Leuk/o | white |
| -penia | deficiency or reduction in number |
| Panleukopenia | is a deficiency of all type of white blood cells |
| -tomy | cut into or incision |
| Gastrotomy | is incision into the stomach |
| gastr/o | means stomach |
| Epi- | upper |
| Infra- | below or beneath |
| Meta- | beyond |
| Per- | throughout |
| Trans- | across |
| Ultra- | above, increased, or more than normal |
| -stomy | a surgically created opening |
| Gastrostomy | a surgically created opening between the stomach and the body surface |
| -ectomy | surgical removal or excision |
| Gastrectomy | is surgical removal of the stomach |
| -ectomy | surgical removal |
| Mastectomy | surgical removal of the breast or mammary glands |
| -pexy | suture to stabilize |
| Gastropexy | surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| rhinoplasty | surgical repair of the nose (nose job) |
| colostomy | a surgically created opening between the colon and body surface |
| Laparotomy | an incision into the abdomen |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| cystocentesis | surgical puncture of the urinary bladder with a needle to remove fluid (urine) |
| -gram | record of |
| diogram | electrocardiographic hard copy record |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| electrocardiograph | the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart |
| -graphy | procedure that records |
| electrocardiograph | the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart |
| -lysis | separation or breakdown |
| urinalysis | separation of the urine into its constituents |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| endoscope | instrument used to visually examine inside the body |
| -scopy | procedure to visually examine |
| endoscopy | the procedure of visually examining inside the body |
| -therapy | treatment |
| chemotherapy | treatment with chemical substance or drugs |
| -rrhagia OR -rrhage | bursting forth |
| hemorrhage | bursting forth of blood from the vessels (bruises) |
| -rrhaphy | to suture |
| enterorrhaphy | suturing of the small intestine |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| diarrhea | complete discharge of the bowels |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| myorrhexis | rupture of the muscle |
| -algia OR -dynia | pain |
| arthralgia OR arthrodynia | joint pain |
| -ia | state of condition |
| hyperglycemia | condition of elevated amount of blood glucose |
| -ion | action, process, state, or condition |
| infarction | condition of blood flow obstruction (stoping blood flow) |
| -itis | inflammation |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| -ive | performs or tends toward |
| congestive | tends towards accumulation of fluid |
| malacia | abnormal softening |
| osteomalacia | abnormal softening of bone |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| cardiosis | abnormal condition of the heart |
| -pathy | disease |
| enteropathy | disease of the small intestine |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal hardening of the arteries |
| -um | structure |
| persicardium | structure around the heart |
| -us | thing |
| tarsus | the joint "thing" between the tibia and fibula and metatarsal |
| cardiac | heart |
| renal | kidney |
| ovarian | ovary |
| lumber | lower back |
| laryngeal | larynx |
| enteric | intestine |
| uterine | uterus |
| cutaneous | skin |
| gastroenteritis | inflammation of the stomach and small intestine |
| hysteri/o | uterus |
| ovariohysterectomy | surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus |
| hepatoma | liver mass |
| hematoma | mass or collection of blood |
| -oma | mass |
| urethra | takes urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
| ureters | collect urine from the kidney and transport it to the urinary bladder |
| ileum | is the distal part of the small intestine |
| ilium | is part of the pelvic bone |
| myel/o | represents the spinal cord and bone marrow |
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