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Vet Term Ch.1,4,5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chemotherapy | treatment with chemical substance or drugs. |
| therapy | treatment. |
| endoscopy | procedure of visually examining inside the body. |
| scopy | procedure to visually examine. |
| endoscope | instrument to used to visually examine inside the body. |
| scope | instrument to visually examine. |
| urinalysis | separation of the urine into it's constituents. |
| lysis | separation or breakdown. |
| electrocardiogram | procedure used to record the electrical activity of the heart. |
| graphy | procedure that records. |
| electrocardiograph | the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart. |
| graph | instrument that records. |
| electrocardiogram | electrocardiograph hard copy record. |
| gram | record of. |
| cystocentesis | surgical puncture of the urinary bladder with a needle to remove fluid(urine). |
| Centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas. |
| laparotomy | incision into abdomen. |
| colostomy | surgically created opening between colon and body surface. |
| gastropexy | surgically stabilizing the stomach to abdomen wall. |
| pexy | suture to stabilize. |
| mastectomy | surgical removal of the breast. |
| renal | pertaining to kidney. |
| ovarian | pertaining to ovary. |
| lumbar | pertaining too the loin, lower back. |
| alimentary | pertaining to gastrointestinal tract |
| laryngeal | pertaining to larynx. |
| enteric | pertaining to small intestine. |
| uterine | pertaining to uterus. |
| cutaneous | pertaining to slun. |
| nephrotic | pertaining to kidneys. |
| cardiac | pertaining to heart. |
| enterorraphy | suturing of the small intestine |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| diarrhea | complete dischange of the bowels |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| myorrhexis | rupture of the muscle |
| algia/ dynia | pain |
| artriralgia/ artrirodynia | joint pain |
| ia | state of condition |
| hyperglycemia | condition of elevated amounts of glucose |
| rraphy | to suture |
| hemorrhage | bursting forth blood from the vessels |
| rrhagia/ rrhage | bursting forth |
| myello | represents the spinal chord & blood marrow |
| ion | action, process, state or condition |
| infraction | condition of blood flow obstruction |
| itis | inflammation |
| hepatitis | inflammation of the liver |
| ive | performs or tend towards |
| congestive | tenos toward 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 | a disease of the small intestine |
| sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal hardening of the arteries |
| um | structure |
| pericardum | the structure the heart |
| us | thing |
| tarsus | the joint("thing") between the tibia & fibula & metatasual bones |
| cyanosis | condition of blue discoloration |
| cyanotic | pertaining to blue discoloration |
| anemia | blood condition of deficient red blood cells and/or hemoglobin |
| anemic | pertaining to a blood condition of deficient red blood cells and/or hemoglobin |
| mucus | slime-like substance that is composed of glanular secretion, salts, cells, & leukocytes (white bloodcells) |
| mucous | pertaing to mucus |
| illium | structure of the hip |
| iliac | pertaining to the structure of the hip |
| ectomy | surgical removal or excision |
| gastrectomy | surgical removal of stomach |
| stomy | surgically created opening |
| gastrostomy | surgically created opening between stomach and body surface |
| tomy | cutting into or incision |
| gastrotomy | incision into the stomach |
| penia | deficiency or reduction in number |
| leuk/o | combing form meaning white |
| pan | prefix meaning all |
| suprascapular | above the shoulder blade |
| supernumerary | regular number |
| sublingual | under the tongue |
| super/supra | above, beyond, or excessive |
| -oma | suffix for mass |
| hematoma | mass collection of blood |
| sub | below, under or less |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| postanesthetic | pertaining to after anethesia |
| uretha | takes the urine from the urinary bladder to the outside body |
| ureters | collects urine from the kidney and transports it to the urinary bladder |
| ileum | distal part of small intestine |
| condular | pertaining to a rounded projection on a bone |
| condyle | rounded projection of the bone |
| forelock | in maned animals the most cranial part of the mane hanging between the ears and onto the forehead |
| fetlock joint | metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint in ungulates |
| fetlock | area of limb between the pastern and the cannon |
| elbow | forelimb |
| dock | solid part of the equine tail |
| cutters | second incisors of equine |
| croup | muscular area around and above the tail base |
| crest | root of the mane |
| coronary band/coronet | junction between skin and the horn of the hoof |
| coffin joint | distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates |
| chestnuts | horny irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg; front legs, above the knee; in rear legs, near the hock |
| muzzle | two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip |
| cannon bone/shin bone | third metacarpal (metatarsal) of the horse |
| cheek | fleshy portion of either side of the face; forms the sides of the mouth and continues rostrally to the lips |
| chest | part of the body between neck and abdomen; the thorax |
| barrel | capacity of the chest and trunk |
| bars | raised v-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof |
| flank | side of the body between ribs and ilium |
| heart girth | circumference of the chest just caudal to the shoulders and cranial to the back |
| heel | caudal region of the hoof that has an area of the soft tissue called the bulb |
| hock/tarsus | tarsal joint |
| hoof | hard covering of the digits in ungulates |
| hoof wall | hard, horny outer layer of the covering of the digits in ungulates |
| knee | carpus in ungulates |
| loin | lumbar region of the back between the thorax and pelvis |
| nippers | central incisors of equine |
| paralumbar fossa | hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are traverse process of the lumbar vertebrae (dorsally), the last rib (cranially), and the thick muscle |
| carpus | joint (thing) between radius and ulna and metacarpal bones |
| ergot | small kertanized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmer and plantar aspects of the equine flock |
| gastroenteritis | proper term for inflammation of the stomach and small intestines |
| ovarionhysterectomy | surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus |
| frog | v-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof |
| gaskin/crus | muscular portion of the hindlimb between the stifle and hook |
| pastern | area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof |
| pastern joint | proximal interphalangeal (joint between long and short pastern bones) in ungulates |
| poll/occiput/ nutchal crest | top of the head |
| quarter | lateral or medial side of hoof |
| shoulder | region around large joint between humerus and scapula |
| sole | palmar or plantar of the hoof; irregular crescent shaped bottom of hood |
| stifle joint | femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds |
| tail | caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond trunk |
| tail head | base of the tail where it connects to the body |
| teat | nipple of mammary gland |
| toe | cranial side of hoof |
| udder | mammary gland |
| white line | fusion between the wall and sole of the hoof |
| withers | region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below the skin |
| brisket | mass of connective tissue |
| crest | dorsal margin of neck in cattle |
| dewclaw | accessory claw of ruminant foot that projects caudally from the fetlock |
| dewlap | loose skin under the throat and neck, which may become pendulous in some breeds in some breeds |
| forearm | part of foreleg supported by the radius and ulna, between the elbow and knee |
| forehead | region of the head between the eyes and ears |
| pedal | pertaining to the foot |
| pins | protrusions of the ischium bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants |
| switch | tuft of hair at the end of the tail |
| chine | thoracic region of the back |
| horn butt | poll region between the eyes and ears of previous horn growth |
| rump | sacral to tailhead region of the back |
| wattle | appendages suspended from the head (usually under chin) |
| ham | musculature of the upper thigh |
| snout | upper lip and apex of the nose of swine |
| intact | sexually functions |
| altered | sexually nonfunctional |
| canine | dog |
| dog/stud | intact male dog |
| bitch | intact female dog |
| whelp/pup | young dogs |
| whelping | giving birth to whelps |
| pack | group of dogs |
| litter | multiple offspring born during same labor |
| feline | cat |
| tom | intact male cat |
| queen | intact female cat |
| kitten | young cat |
| queening | giving birth to kittens |
| lagomorphe | rabbit |
| buck | intact male rabbit |
| doe | intact female rabbit |
| lapin | neutered male rabbit |
| kit | young (blind, deaf) rabbit |
| kindling | giving births to rabbits |
| herd | group of rabbits |
| hob | intact male ferret |
| jill | intact female ferret |
| gib | neutered male ferret |
| sprite | spayed female rabbit |
| kit | young ferret |
| kindling | giving birth to ferrets |
| cavy | guinea pig |
| boar | intact male guinea pig |
| sow | intact female guinea pig |
| pup | young guinea pig |
| murine | mouse of rat |
| sire | intact male mouse or rat |
| dam | intact female mouse or rat |
| pup | young mouse or rat |
| gang | group of mice |
| psittacine | parrot includes other birds with bills for cracking seeds |
| cock | intact male parrot |
| hen | intact female parrot |
| chick | young parrot |
| flock/group | group of parrots |
| rooster/cock | sexually mature male chicken |
| hen | intact female chicken |
| capon | young castrated male chicken or domestic fowl |
| cockerel | immature male chickens |
| pullet | immature female chickens |
| chick | very young chickens |
| flock | group of chickens |
| gander | intact male goose |
| goose | intact female goose |
| gosling | young goose |
| gaggle | group of geese |
| drake | intact male duck |
| duck | intact female duck |
| duckling | young duck |
| flock | group of ducks |
| ratite | large flightless bird |
| rooster | intact male ratite |
| hen | intact female ratite |
| hatchling | ostrich up to 2 days old |
| chick | young ratite (usually less then 6 months of age) |
| yearling | ostrich from 6 months to 12 months of age; rhea from 6 months to 18 months of age |
| flock | group of ratite |
| boar | intact male pig |
| sow | intact female pig |
| barrow | male pig castrated when young |
| stag | male pig castrated after maturity |
| gilt | young female pig that has not farrowed |
| pig/piglet | young pig; old term is shoat |
| farrowing | giving birth to pigs |
| herd | group of pigs |
| equine | horse, pony, donkey or mule |
| stallion | intact male equine greater then 4 years old |
| colt | intact male equine less the 4 years old |
| mare | intact female equine greater then 4 years old |
| filly | intact female equine less then 4 years old |
| gelding | castrated male equine |
| ridleling/rig | cryptorchid to equine (one or more testicles have not descended from the abdomen) |
| foal | young equine of either sex |
| weanling | young equine less then 1 year old that has been removed (weaned) from its mother |
| suckling | still-nursing foal |
| yearling | young equine between 1 and 2 years old; a short yearling is closer to 1 year old while a long yearling is closer to 2 years old |
| foaling | giving birth to equine |
| herd | group of equine |
| band | group of horses consisting of one mature stallion, his breeding mares, and immature male and female offspring of his mares |
| brood mare | breeding female equine |
| maiden mare | female equine never bred |
| barren mare/ open mare | intact female horse that was not bred or did not conceive the previous season |
| wet mare | intact female horse that has foaled during the current breeding season |
| agalactic mare | intact female horse not producing milk |
| pony | equine between 8.2 and 14.2 hands when mature (not young horse) |
| donkey | ass;burro |
| jack(ass) | intact male donkey |
| jenny | intact female donkey |
| ovine | sheep |
| ram | intact male sheep |
| ewe | intact female sheep |
| wether | castrated male sheep |
| lamb | young sheep |
| hothouse lamb | young sheep less the 3 months of age |
| spring lamb | young sheep 3-7 months of age |
| yearling | sheep 1-2 years of age |
| lambing | giving birth to sheep |
| flock | group of sheep |
| caprine | goat |
| buck | intact male goat |
| doe | intact female goat |
| wether | castrated male goat |
| kid | young goat |
| kidding | giving birth to goats |
| freshening/freshen | giving birth to dairy animals |
| herd | group of goats |
| camelid | llama, alpaca, guanco, vicuna |
| bull/stallion | intact male llama |
| cow | intact female llama |
| gelding | castrated male llama |
| cria | young llama |
| bovine | cattle |
| bull | intact male bovine |
| jumper bull | intact male bovine that has just reached maturity and is used for breeding |
| cow | intact female bovine that has given birth |
| steer | male bovine castrated when young |
| stag | male bovine castrated after maturity |
| heifer | young female bovine that has not given birth |
| calf | young bovine |
| calving | giving birth to cattle |
| herd | group of cattle |
| spring heifer | young female pregnant with her first calf - first calf heifer |
| freemartin | sexually imperfect; usually sterile female calf born as a twin with a male calf |
| gomer bull/teaser bull | bull used to detect female bovines in heat; bull may have penis surgically deviated to the side; may be treated with androgens or may be vasectomized so not to impregnate female |
| cervidae | deer, elk, moose, caribou |
| buck | intact male deer |
| bull | intact male elk, moose, caribou |
| doe | intact female deer |
| cow | intact female elk, moose, caribou |
| fawn | young deer |
| heifer | young female elk, deer caribou |
| herd | ground of moose, elk, deer, caribou (cervidae) |
| preanesthetic | pertaining to before anesthesia |
| oliguria | scant amount or frequency of urination |
| polyuria | excessive amount of frequency of urination |
| oligo | scant or little |
| poly | many or excessive |
| intramuscular | within the muscle |
| intercoastal | between the ribs |
| intra | within |
| inter | between |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| post operative | after on operation |
| perioperative | pertaining to the period around an operation or the period before, during and after an operation |
| preoperative | before or proceeding an operation |
| hypoglycemia | depressed amounts of glucose |
| hypo - | depressed, normal or less then normal |
| hyperglycemia | elevated amounts of blood glucose |
| hyper - | elevated, higher or more then normal |
| ectoparasite | organism that lives on the outer surface of a host |
| ecto | means outside |
| endoparasite | organism that lives on the body of a host |
| exocrine | to secrete externally (via a duct) |
| exo or ex | without, out of, outside or away from |
| endocrine | secrete internally |
| endo - | within or inside |
| euthyroid | having a normally functioning thyroid gland |
| eu - | good, easy or normal |
| dysphagia | difficulty eating or swallowing |
| dys - | difficult, painful or bad |
| antiemetic | work against or prevent vomitting |
| anti | against |
| emetic | proceeding to voimit |
| adduction | move toward midline |
| ad- | towards |
| abduction | take away from midline |
| ab - | away from |
| an - | without or no |
| uria | urination |
| atraumatic | without injury |
| a - | without or no |
| traumatic | pertaining to injury |
| gastritis | inflammation of the stomach |
| arthroscope | an instrument used visually examine the joint |
| suffix | word part found at the end of the word; usually indicates procedure, condition, disease or disorder |
| combining form | combination of the root and combining vowel |
| combining vowel | single vowel usually an "o" that is added to the end of root to make word easier to pronounce |
| root | word part that gives the essential meaning of the word; a root cannot stand alone; a suffix must be added to complete the term |
| carpal | pertaining to the joint between the radius and ulna metacarpal bones |
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