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veterinary nursing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| A or an | lacking or not e.g. i.e. atoxic = not toxic |
| Ab | move away from |
| Ad | move towards or near |
| Aer or aero | air or gas |
| Ante | before |
| Anti | against |
| Arthr(o) | joint |
| Bio | life or living organism |
| Blephar(o) | eyelid |
| brachy | shortness |
| brady | abnormally slow |
| bronch (o) | bronchi and lungs |
| cardi | heart |
| chondro | cartilage |
| cyst (o) | bladder or cyst |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dactyl | digits |
| derm | skin |
| dorso | the back |
| dys | difficult |
| ecto | outside |
| endo | inside |
| erythro | red |
| ex(o) | outside or outer |
| extra | outside or in addition to |
| haem | blood |
| hemi | half or one side |
| hepat(o) | of the liver |
| hist | relates to tissue (histology is the study of tissue) |
| hypo | deficiency, lack of, below |
| hyper | excessive, above |
| infra | below |
| inter | between (intercostal muscles) |
| intra | within |
| leuc(o) | white |
| lipo | fat |
| lysis | destruction or damage |
| meso | middle |
| mono | one |
| morph(o) | structure, form |
| myo | muscle |
| neuro | nerve |
| olig | lack of, deficiency |
| opthal | relating to the eye |
| oro | relating to the mouth |
| osteo | relating to bone |
| peri | surrounding, around |
| phag | eat |
| phleb | vein |
| poly | many |
| post | behind or after |
| pre | before or in front of |
| pseudo | false |
| py(o) | pus |
| retro | behind |
| rhin | relating to the nose |
| semi | half |
| stomat | of the mouth |
| sub | under or near |
| sudo | sweat |
| super | above or more than |
| supra | above |
| tachy | abnormally fast |
| thromb | platelets, blood clots |
| trans | across, through |
| ultra | above and beyond something in a range:ultrasound (=sound that is too high for humans to hear |