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Vet Medical Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| hematosis | vomiting blood |
| melena | black stool that has a tar consistency and blood inside it |
| -rrhea | flow/discharge |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| flatulence | gas |
| gavage | feeding tubes |
| infra- | beneath , below |
| intra- | within |
| meta- | beyond |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Steth/o | chest |
| Emesis | vomiting |
| enema | putting liquid in the rectum to soften feces |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Erythr/o | red |
| juand/o | yellow |
| ascites | fluid in the abdomen |
| asystole | no heartbeat present |
| Tetra/Tetr- | four |
| Quinta- | five |
| Sexta- | six |
| Thorac/o | thorax |
| Trache/o | trachea |
| Dent/i & Dent/o | teeth |
| Mamm/a & Mamm/o | mammary gland |
| -malacia | abnormal softening |
| -um | structure |
| pica | eating stuff they aren't suppose to |
| ptyalism | excess salivation; increased production |
| neo- | new |
| Oligo | scant, little |
| Inter- | in between |
| Mono- | one |
| -gram | record of |
| -graphy | procedure which records |
| Embolus | blood clot or foreign object blocking a vein or artery |
| edema | fluid in the intracellular shape |
| sept- | seven |
| octo- | eight |
| nona- | nine |
| deca- | ten |
| ischemia | lack of blood supply to the body |
| syncope | fainting, too much blood flow to the brain or heart |
| -pathy | disease |
| -sclerosis | abnormal hardening |
| pan- | all |
| peri- | surround |
| Lymph/o | lymph nodes, lymph fluids |
| Or/o | mouth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -stomy | surgical created opening/cut |
| -plasia | formation/ growth in # |
| -trophy | formation/ growth in size |
| coprophagia | eating your own feces |
| dyschezia | difficulty defecating |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ion | action/process/state of condition |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Esophagi/o | esophagus |
| dysphagia | difficulty chewing or swallowing |
| emaciation | wasting away |
| per | throughout |
| supra- | above, beyond, excessive |
| bi- | two |
| de- | down, from |
| -ive | performs, tends towards |
| -lysis | seperation, breakdown |
| pre- | before |
| post- | after |
| quadri/quadro- | four |
| tri- | three |
| -ectomy | surgically remove |
| -pexy | suture to stabilize |
| Nas/o | nose |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| Ex- | without, out of/outside |
| extra- | outside |
| tachy- | abnormally fast |
| anti- | against, opposing |
| brady- | abnormally slow |
| -logy | study of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| dys- | difficulty |
| hyper- | excessive, abnormally high |
| hypo- | insufficient, abnormally low |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Cephal/o | head |
| -dynia/-algia | pain |
| -graph | instrument that records |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -cyte | cell |
| ultra- | above, increase, more than normal |
| eu- | good, easy, normal |
| brachydont | permanently rotted teeth |
| dolichocephalic | elongated head |
| Chol/e & Cyst/o | bladder |
| vascul/o | vessels |
| hist/o | tissue |
| -ic, -al, -ine, -ary, -an, -ar, -ous, -tic, -eal, & -ac | pertaining to |
| -us | thing |
| mal- | bad, poor |
| poly- | many, much, multiple |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| sub- | below, under, less |
| super- | above, beyond, excessive |
| trans- | across |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| mesocephalic | middle/ normal head |
| brachycephalic | squished head |
| Palat/o | roof of the mouth |
| Gloss/o & Lingu/o | tongue |
| -penia | deficiency of |
| -oma | tumor |
| Hem/o & Hemat/o | blood |
| Phelb/o & Ven/o | vein |
| a- / an- | without, lack of |
| ab-/ ad- | away from/ toward |
| lophodont | rigid occlusal surfaces |
| bundont | worn, rounded surfaces |
| regurgitation | food comes back up to the mouth & gets rechewed |
| selendont | crescents on grinding surfaces |
| Angi/o | vessels |
| Arteri/o | arteries |
| hyposodont | continually erupting teeth |
| pleurodont | teeth attached on inner side of jaw surface |
| enter/o | intestines |
| col/o & colon/o | colon |
| ecto- | outside |
| endo | within, inside |
| epi- | upper, above |
| bucc/o | cheeks |
| labi/o | lips |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| -rrhiagia/ -rrhage | bursting forth |
| -rraphy | to suture |
| borborygmus | listening to gut sounds |
| asepsis | no digestion |
| What is life? | CARGOES: Contains cells adapts through evolution reproduces & passes DNA through generation growth & development highly organized/ organically based uses energy responds to stimuli |
| biology | study of life |
| cytoplasm | thick solution that fills each cell and is enclosed by the cell membrane |
| Thel.o | nipple, thin membrane |
| tissue | specialized cells that join together and perform certain functions |
| Adip/o | fat |
| Rhabdomy/o | striated |
| Leiomy/o | nonstriated |
| extension | joint angle increase |
| flexion | joint angle decreases |
| abduction | when the joint moves away from the body |
| adduction | joint moves towards the body |
| supination | palm faces upwards |
| pronation | palm faces downwards |
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