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VET 114 Week 1
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Brachy/o | Short |
| Cis/o | To Cut |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Cyst/o | Urinary Bladder |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Enter/o | Small intestine |
| Dermat/o | skin |
| Electr/o | Electricity |
| Erythr/o | Red |
| Gnos/o | Knowledge |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Glyc/o | Sugar |
| Hemat/o, Hem/o | Blood |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| latr/o | Treatment |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Opthalm/o | eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Radi/o | x-ray |
| Sarc/o | Connective tissue |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Sect/o | To Cut |
| Thromb/o | Clot, clotting |
| Ur/o | Urine, Urinary tract |
| a-, an - | No,Not, Without |
| Brachy- | Short |
| Dolicho- | long |
| Endo- | in, within |
| Epi- | above, on, Upon |
| ex- | Out, away from |
| Extra- | Outside |
| Hyper- | above; excessive |
| Hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| In | in; into; not |
| Intra- | within; into |
| Meso- | middle |
| Pro- | before; forward |
| Re- | back; again; backward |
| Retro- | behind; back; backward |
| Sub- | under; below |
| Trans- | across; through |
| -algia | Pain |
| -Centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -cytosis | Increase in cell number |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | Blood condition |
| -emic | pertaining to a blood condition |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -logy | Study of |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease; emotion |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -tomy | incision; process of cutting |
| BAR | Bright, Alert, Responsive |
| CCU | critical care unit |
| CWPM | Continue with Previous Medication |
| NSF | No Significant Findings |
| PPH | Past Pertinent History |
| SOAP | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
| TPR(W) | Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, (Weight) |
| WNL | Within Normal Limits |
| Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| Lumb/o | Lower Back |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Medi/o | Middle |
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Anis/o | Unequal ( in size) |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Anter/o | Front |
| Bol/o | To cast (Throw) |
| Caud/o | Tail |
| Cervic/o | Neck |
| Cost/o | Ribs |
| Pharyng/o | Pharynx/Throat |
| Chrom/o | Color |
| Poster/o | Back,Behind |
| Coccyg/o | Tail bone |
| Proxim/o | Nearest |
| Crin/o | To secrete |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| Sarc/o | Connective tissue |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Dors/o | Back of body |
| Spin/o | Backbone, spine |
| Hist/o | Tissue |
| Inguin/o | Groin |
| Kary/o | Nucleus |
| Trache/o | Trachea, Wind pipe |
| Later/o | Side |
| Viscer/o | Viscera; Internal Organs |
| ana- | Up |
| Cata- | Down |
| Meta- | Change |
| Neo- | new |
| -Plasia | Development, Growth |
| -plasm | Formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ism | Process, Condition |
| -Somes | Bodies |
| IVD | Intervertebral Disk |
| MM | Mucous Membranes |
| ET Tube | Endotracheal Tube |
| HBC | Hit by car |
| V/D | vomiting/diarrhea |
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