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VET 114 FINAL REVIEW
Term | Definition |
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-ac, -al, -ic, -ical, -ous | Pretaining to |
-algia | Pain |
-drome | To run |
-genic | Produced by or in |
-ion | Process |
-opsy | View of |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-sis | State of; condition |
-ism | Process; condition |
-oma | Tumor |
-plasm | Formation |
-somes | Bodies |
-clast | To break |
-cyte | Cell |
-desis | Surgical fixation; to bind; tie together |
-dynia | Pain |
-fication | Process of making |
-gen; -genesis; -genous | Producing; forming |
-ion | Process |
-malacia | Softening |
-pathy | Disease condition |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-physis | To grow |
-plasia | Development; formation; growth |
-poiesis | Formation |
-porosis | Condition of pores (spaces) |
-rrhaphy | Suture |
-sclerosis | Hardening |
-tome | Instrument to cut |
-trophy | Development; nourishment |
-y | Condition |
-ase | Enzyme |
-ation | Process; condition |
-blast | Immature; embryonic |
-cele | Hernia |
-chezia | Defecation; dilation |
-ectasis; -ectasia | Stretching; dilation; dilatation |
-emesis | Vomiting |
-iasis | Abnormal condition |
-lithiasis | Abnormal condition of stones |
-lysis | Breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening |
-megaly | Enlargement |
-opsy | View of |
-orexia | Appetite |
-otic | Pertaining to the abnormal condition |
-pepsia | Digestion |
-phagia | Eating; swallowing |
-prandial | Meal |
-ptyalo | Spit; saliva |
-ptysis | Spitting |
-stalsis | Contraction |
-stasis | Stopping; controlling |
-stenosis | Tightening; narrowing; stricture |
-tresia | Opening |
-um | Structure; tissue; thing |
-lytic; -lysis | Reduce; destroy; seperate; breakdown |
-one | Hormone |
-cyesis | Pregnancy |
-gravida | Pregnancy |
-ium | Structure; tissue |
-parous | To bear; bring forth |
-tocia | Labor; birth |
-version | To turn |
-ole, -ule | Small; little |
-oxia | Oxygen |
-tension | Pressure |
-globin; -globulin | Protein |
-oid | Resembling |
-penia | Deficiency |
-phil | Attraction for |
-philia | Increase in the number of cells |
-ary | Pertaining to |
-coccus; -cocci | Berry-shaped bacterium |
-cytosis | Increase in the number of cells |
-agon | To assemble; gather |
-in; -ine | A substance |
-tropic | Turning |
-Tropin | Stimulate; act on |
-uria | Urination; condition of urine |
-ose | Pertaining to; full of; sugar |
-algesia | Sensitivity to pain |
-lepsy | Seizure |
-paresis | Slight paralysis |
-phoria | Feeling; to bear; carry |
-plegia | Paralysis; palsy |
-sthenia | Strength |
-poietin | Substance that forms |
-ptosis | Drooping; sagging; prolapse |
-tripsy | To crush |