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VETT118 - Week 1

Numbers, locations, colors, organs, body systems, medical cond, process, procedu

TermDefinition
eponym words formed from a person's name
A- without or no
An- without or no
Ab- away from
Ad- towards
Anti- against
Dys- difficult, painful, or bad
Eu- good, easy, or normal
Endo- within or inside
Ex- or Exo- without, out of, outside, or away from
Ecto- outside
Hyper- elevated, higher, or more than normal
Hypo- depressed, lower, or less than normal
Inter- between
Intra- within
Poly- many or excessive
Oligo- scant or little
Pre- before
Post- after
Sub- below, under, or less
Super- or Supra above, beyond, or excessive
Traumatic pertaining to an injury
Atraumatic without injury
Uria urination
Anuria absence of urine
Emetic pertaining to vomiting
Antiemetic work agains or prevent vomiting
Dysphagia difficulty eating or swallowing
Euthyroid having a normally functioning thyroid gland
Endocrine to secrete internally
Exocrine to secrete externally (via a duct)
Endoparasite an organism that lives within the body of the host
Ectoparasite an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
Hyperglycemia condition of elevated amounts of blood glucose
Hypoglycemia condition of depressed amounts of blood glucose
Intercostal between the ribs
Intramuscular within the muscle
Polyuria excessive amount or frequency of urination
Oliguria scant amount or frequency of urination
Preanesthetic pertaining to before anesthesia
Postanesthetic pertaining to after anesthesia
Sublingual under the tongue
Supernumerary more than the regular number
Suprascapular above the shoulder blade
Pan- all
leuk/o white
-penia deficiency or reduction in number
Panleukopenia deficiency of all types of white blood cells
-tomy cutting into or incision
Gastrotomy incision into the stomach
-stomy surgically created opening
Gastrostomy surgically created opening between the stomach and the body surface
-ectomy surgical removal or excision
Gastrectomy surgical removal of the stomach
-ac pertaining to (as in cardiac, heart)
-al pertaining to (as in renal, kidney)
-an pertaining to (as in ovarian, ovary)
-ar pertaining to (as in lumbar, loin or lower back)
-ary pertaining to (as in alimentary, gastrointestinal tract)
-eal pertaining to (as in laryngeal, larynx)
-ic pertaining to (as in enteric, small intestine)
-ine pertaining to (as in uterine, uterus)
-ous pertaining to (as in cutaneous, skin)
-tic pertaining to (as in nephrotic, kidneys)
Mastectomy removal of the breast or mammary glands
-pexy suture to stabilize
Gastropexy surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall
-plasty surgical repair
Rhinoplasty surgical repair of the nose
Colostomy surgically created opening between the colon and the body surface
Laparotomy incision into the abdomen
-centesis surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
Cystocentesis surgical puncture of the bladder with a needle to remove fluid (urine)
-gram record of
Electrocardiogram the electrocardiographic hard copy record
-graph instrument that records (or used as a record)
Electrocardiograph the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart
-graphy procedure that records
Electrocardiography the procedure used to record the electrical activity of the heart
-lysis separation or breakdown
Urinalysis separation of the urine into its constituents
-scope instrument to visually examine
Endoscope an instrument used to visually examine the inside of the body
-scopy procedure to visually examine
Endoscopy the procedure of visually examining the inside of the body
-therapy treatment
Chemotherapy treatment with chemical substances or drugs
-rrhagia or - rrhage bursting forth
Hemorrhage bursting forth of blood from the vessels
-rrhaphy to suture
Enterorrhaphy suturing of the small intestine
-rrhea flow, discharge
Diarrhea complete discharge of the bowels
-rrhexis rupture
Myorrhexis rupture of the muscle
-algia and -dynia pain
Arthralgia and Arthrodynia joint pain
-ia state or condition
-ion action, process, state, or condition
Infarction condition of blood flow obstruction
-itis inflammation
Hepatitis inflammation of the liver
-ive performs or tends toward
Congestive tends toward accumulation of fluid
-malacia abnormal softening
Osteomalacia abnormal softening of the bone
-megaly enlargement
Cardiomegaly enlargement of the heart
-osis abnormal condition
Cardiosis an abnormal condition of the heart
-pathy disease
Enteropathy disease of the small intesting
-sclerosis abnormal hardening
Arteriosclerosis abnormal hardening of the arteries
-um structure
Pericardium structure surrounding the heart
-us thing
Tarsus the joint ("thing") between the tibia and the fibula and metatarsal bones
Cyan- blue
Cyanotic condition of blue discoloration
Cyanosis pertaining to blue discoloration
Anem- deficient RBC/hemoglobin
Anemia blood condition of deficient red blood cells/hemoglobin
Anemic pertaining to a blood condition of deficient RBC/hemoglobin
Muc- glandular secretion, salts, cells, and WBC
Mucus slime-like substance composed of glandular secretion, salts, cells, and WBC
Mucous pertaining to mucus
Ili- hip
Ilium structure of the hip
Iliac pertaining to the structure of the hip
Condyle rounded projection on a bone
Condylar pertaining to a rounded projection on a bone
Carp- between the radius and ulna and metacarpal bones
Carpus the thing (joint) between the radius and ulna and metacarpal bones
Carpal pertaining to the joint between the radius and ulna and metacarpal bones
-oma mass
Hepatoma liver mass
Hematoma mass or collection of blood
Urethra takes urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
Ureters collect urine from the kidney and transport to the bladder
Ileum distal part of the small intestine (e = entero)
Ilium part of the pelvic bone (pelvic has an i in it)
Myel/o spinal cord and bone marrow (white substance)
Cervical pertaining to the neck (neck or neck of organ like cervix)
epi- upper
extra- outside
infra- below or beneath
intra- within
meta- beyond
per- throughout
trans- across
ultra- above, increased, or more than normal
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