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vet. terminology
quantitative and qualitative prefixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A- (acholia) | no, not, without >lack or absence of bile secretion |
| AN- (analgesic) | no, not, without >relieving pain |
| ANA- (anabasis) | up, apart >the stage of increase in a disease |
| ANTI- (antibody) | against >immune body that fights foreign substances |
| AUTO- (autonomic) | self >not subject to voluntary control |
| BI- (bilateral) | two pertaining to both sides |
| BRADY- (bradycardia) | deficient, under >abnormally slow heartbeat |
| CHLORO- (chloroma) | green malignant, green-colored tumor |
| CHROMO- (chromhidrosis) | color >secretion of color and sweat |
| CO- (cohort) | with, together >a group with the same characteristic acquired at the same time |
| COM- (communicability) | with, together >ability to spread from infected to susceptible hosts. |
| CYANO- (cyanosis) | blue >bluish skin and mucosal discoloration |
| DE- (dehydration) | down, lack of >lack of water |
| DECI- (deciliter) | one-tenth >one-tenth of a liter |
| DI- (diataxia) | two >affecting both sides of the body |
| DIA- (diarrhea) | through, between, across, completely >rapid movement of fecal matter through the intestine |
| DYS- (dysphagia) | bad, painful >difficulty in swallowing |
| ERYTHRO- (erythrocyte) | red >red blood cell |
| HEMI- (hemihypotonia) | half >diminished muscle tone on one side of the body |
| HEXA- (hexavitamin) | six >preparation of six vitamins |
| HYPER- (hypertension) | excessive, above >persistently high blood pressure |
| HYPO- (hypoglycemia) | below, deficient >abnormally low level of sugar in the blood |
| LEUKO- (leukoencephalitis) | white >inflammation of white brain substance |
| MACRO- (macroglossia) | large >excessive size of the tongue |
| MAL- (malignant) | bad >tending to worsen and cause death |
| MELANO- (melanotrichia) | black >abnormal increased pigmentation of the hair |
| META- (metamorphasis) | change, beyond >change of structure or shape |
| MICRO- (micromastia) | small >abnormal smallness of the mammory gland |
| MONO- (monogerminal) | one, single >developed from a single ovum ( mature female reproductive cell ) |
| MULTI- (multiarticular) | many >pertaining to or affecting many joints |
| NEO- (neonate) | new >a newborn animal |
| PAN- (pandemic) | all >a widespread epidemic |
| PENT- (pentadactyl) | five >having five digits |
| POLY- (polychromatic) | many, much >many-colored |
| PSEUDO- (pseudopregnancy) | false >false pregnancy |
| QUADR- (quadricular) | four >having four cavities |
| SUB- (subclinical) | less than, beneath >without clinical manifestations |
| SYM-, SYN- (symbosis) | with, together >mutually reinforcing |
| TACHY- (tachycardia) | fast >abnormally fast heartbeat |
| TRI- (tribrachius) | three >monster with three forelimbs ( monster refers to a fetus or newborn so developmentally abnormal that it probably won't live |
| ULTRA- (ultrasonic) | beyond >beyond the audible range |
| XANTH- (xanthemia) | yellow >presence of yellow coloring matter in the blood |
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