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Vet Terminology 5
Body substances
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aqua | water |
| hydr/o- | water |
| chol/o- | bile |
| chyle | milky fluid-product of digestion |
| chyl/o- | milky fluid-product of digestion |
| dacry/o- | tears |
| lacrima | tears |
| galact/o- | milk |
| lact/o- | milk |
| hemat/o- | blood |
| hidr/o- | sweat |
| sudor | sweat |
| lymph/o- | lymph |
| muco- | secretion of mucous membranes |
| myx/o- | mucus |
| plasma | fluid portion of blood |
| ptyal/o- | saliva |
| pus | liquid product of inflammation |
| py/o- | pus |
| sangui- | blood |
| sanguin/o- | blood |
| serum | clear portion of blood |
| ser/o- | clear portion of blood |
| sial/o- | saliva, salivary glands |
| ur/ea- | urine or urea |
| adip/o- | fat |
| amyl/o- | starch |
| cerumen | earwax |
| cerumin/o- | earwax |
| ele/o- | oil |
| ole/o- | oil |
| ferrum | iron |
| ferr/o- | iron |
| gluco- | sugar |
| saccar/o- | sugar |
| hal/o- | salt |
| heme | iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin |
| hormone | body-produced chemical substance |
| hyal/o- | glassy, translucent substance |
| hyalin | glassy, translucent substance |
| lip/o- | fat, fatty acid |
| lith/o- | stone or calculus |
| mel/i | honey or sugar |
| natrium | sodium |
| petrous | stony hardness |
| sal | salt |
| sebum | sebaceous gland secretion |