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VetMed Terminology
PF
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -ALGIA | Pain |
| -DYNIA | Pain |
| -EMIA | Blood condition |
| -IA | Condition, disease |
| -ITIS | Inflammation |
| -LEPSY | Seizure or attack |
| -MALACIA | Softening |
| -MEGALY | Enlargement |
| -OMA | Tumor, mass |
| -OSIS | Abnormal condition |
| -PATHY | Disease |
| -PENIA | Deficiency |
| -PLEGIA | Paralysis |
| -PNEA | Breathing |
| -SCLEROSIS | Hardening |
| -RRHAGE | Bursting forth |
| -RRHEA | Flow, discharge |
| -RRHEXIS | Breaking open |
| -AC, -IAC | Pertaining to |
| -AL, -EAL, -IAL | Pertaining to |
| -AR | Pertaining to |
| -ARY | Pertaining to |
| -ELLA | Small |
| -IATRIC | Medical treatment |
| -IC, -ICAL | Pertaining to |
| -INE | Pertaining to |
| -OID | Resembling |
| -OUS | Characteristic of |
| -PLAST | Cell, living substance |
| -PLASTY | Formation, plastic repair of |
| -ULAR | Pertaining to |
| -VOROUS | Eating |
| -CENTESIS | Puncture and aspiration |
| -ECTOMY | Surgical removal |
| -GENIC | Producing, forming |
| -GRAPHY | Process of recording |
| -LYSIS | Separation |
| -OPSY | View of, vision |
| -PLASTY (procedure suffix) | Surgical repair |
| -SCOPY | Visual examination |
| -STOMY | Opening |
| -TOMY | Incision, cutting |
| A- | No, not, without |
| AN- | No, not, without |
| ANA- | Up, apart |
| ANTI- | Against |
| AUTO- | Self |
| BI- | Two |
| BRADY- | Deficient, under |
| CHLORO- | Green |
| CHROMO- | Color |
| CO- | With, together |
| COM- | With, together |
| CON- | With, together |
| CYANO- | Blue |
| DE- | Down, lack of |
| DECI- | One-tenth |
| DI- | Two |
| DIA- | Through, between, apart, across, completely |
| DYS- | Bad, painful |
| ERYHTRO- | Red |
| HEMI- | Half |
| HEXA- | Six |
| HYPER- | Excessive, above |
| LEUKO- | White |
| MACRO- | Large |
| MAL- | Bad |
| MELANO- | Black |
| META- | Change, beyond |
| MICRO- | Small |
| MULTI- | Many |
| NEO- | New |
| PAN- | All |
| PENT- | Five |
| POLY- | Many, much |
| PSEUDO- | False |
| QUADR- | Four |
| SUB- | Less than, beneath |
| SYM-, SYN- | With, together |
| TACHY- | Fast |
| TRI- | Three |
| ULTRA- | Beyond |
| XANTH- | Yellow |
| AB- | Away from |
| AD- | Toward, near |
| ANTE- | Before, forward |
| DIA- | Through |
| DIS- | Apart, away, from |
| EC-, ECTO- | Outside |
| ENDO- | Within, in, inner |
| EPI- | Above, upon |
| EX- | Out |
| EXTRA- | Outside of |
| IN- | In, into |
| INFRA- | Below, beneath |
| INTER- | Between |
| INTRA- | Within |
| META- | Beyond, change |
| PARA- | Near, alongside |
| PERI- | Surrounding |
| POST- | After, behind |
| PRE- | Before |
| PRO-, PROS- | Before, forward |
| RE- | Back again |
| RETRO- | Behind, backward |
| SUB- | Beneath, less than |
| SUPRA- | Above, upper |
| TRANS- | Across, through |