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Veterinary Medical Terminology

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Term
Definition
Pre-   before or preceding  
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Peri-   around  
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Post-   after  
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-scope   an instrument used to examine  
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Arthoscope   an instrument used to examine the joint  
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-itis   an inflammation  
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Gastritis   inflammation of the stomach  
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Gastr/o-   stomach  
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Enter/o-   small intestine  
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Gastroenteritis   inflammation of the stomach and small intestine  
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A- / An-   no  
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Ab-   away from  
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Ad-   towards  
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Anti-   against  
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Dys-   difficult, painful, or bad  
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Eu-   good, easy, normal  
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Endo-   within or inside  
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Ex- / Exo- / Ecto-   without, out of, outside, away from  
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Hyper-   elevated, higher, more than normal  
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Hypo-   depressed, lower, less than normal  
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Inter-   between  
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Intra-   within  
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Poly-   many, or excessive  
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Oligo-   scant, or little  
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Sub-   below, under, less  
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Super- / Supra-   above, beyond, excessive  
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Pan-   all  
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Leuk/o-   white  
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-penia   deficiency, or reduction in number  
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Panleukopenia   deficiency in all types of white blood cells  
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Atraumatic   without injury  
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Anuria   absence of urine  
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Abduction   to take away from the midline  
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Adduction   to move towards the midline  
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Antiemetics   preventing vomiting  
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Dysphagia   difficulty eating or swallowing  
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Euthyroid   having a normally functioning thyroid gland  
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Endocrine   to secrete internally  
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Exocrine   to secrete externally (via a duct)  
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Endoparasite   an organism that lives within the body of the host  
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Ectoparasite   an organism that lives on the outer surface of the host  
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Hyperglycemia   elevated amounts of blood glucose  
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Hypoglycemia   depressed amounts of blood glucose  
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Intercostal   between the ribs  
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Intramuscular   within the muscle  
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Polyuria   excessive amounts of urine  
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Oliguria   scant amounts of urine  
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Preanesthetic   pertaining to before anesthesia  
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Postanesthesia   pertaining to after anesthesia  
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Sublingual   below or under the tongue  
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Supernumeracy   more than the regular number  
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Suprascapular   above the shoulder blade  
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-tomy   cutting into, or incision  
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Gastrotomy   incision into the stomach  
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Epi-   upper  
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Extra-   outside  
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Infra-   below, or beneath  
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Meta-   beyond  
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Per-   throughout  
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Trans-   across  
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Ultra-   above, increased, more than normal  
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-stomy   surgically created opening  
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Gastrostomy   surgically created opening in the stomach  
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-ectomy   surgical removal  
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Gastrectomy   surgical removal of the stomach  
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-ac / -al / -an / -ar / -ary / -eal / -ic / -ine / -ous / -tic   all suffixes that mean "pertaining to"  
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Cardiac   pertaining to the heart  
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Renal   pertaining to the kidneys  
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Ovarian   pertaining to the ovaries  
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Lumbar   pertaining to the loin, or lower back  
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Alimentary   pertaining to the Gastrointestinal tract  
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Laryngeal   pertaining to the Larynx  
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Enteric   pertaining to the small intestine  
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Uterine   pertaining to the Uterus  
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Cutaneous   pertaining to the skin  
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Nephrotic   pertaining to the kidneys  
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Mastectomy   removal of the breast or mammary glands  
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-pexy   suture to stabilize  
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Gastropexy   surgically stabilizing the stomach to the abdominal wall  
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-plasty   surgically repair  
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Rhinoplasty   surgical repair of the nose  
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Colostomy   surgically created opening between the colon and body surface  
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Laparotomy   incision into the abdomen  
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-centesis   surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas  
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cystocentesis   a surgical puncture of the urinary bladder with a needle to remove urine  
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-gram   a record of  
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Electrocardiogram   the electrocardiographic hard copy record  
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-graph   instrument that records  
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Electrocardiograph   the machine that records the electrical activity of the heart  
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-graphy   the procedure that records  
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Electrocardiography   the procedure used to record the electrical activity of the heart  
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-lysis   separation or breakdown  
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Urinalysis   separation of urine into it's constituents  
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-scope   instrument to visually examine  
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Endoscope   in instrument used to visually examine inside the body  
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-scopy   procedure to visually examine  
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Endoscopy   the procedure of visually examining inside the body  
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-therapy   a treatment  
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Chemotherapy   a treatment with chemical substances, or drugs  
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-rrhagia / -rrhage   bursting forth  
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Hemorrhage   bursting forth of blood from vessels  
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-rrhaphy   to suture  
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Enterorrhaphy   suturing of the small intestine  
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-rrhea   flow, discharge  
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Diarrhea   complete discharge of the bowels  
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-rrhexis   rupture  
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Myorrhexis   rupture of the muscle  
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-algia   pain  
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-dynia   pain  
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Arthralgia   joint pain  
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Arthrodynia   joint pain  
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-ia   state, or condition  
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Hyperglycemia   condition of elevated amounts of blood glucose  
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-ion   action, process, state, or condition  
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Infarction   condition of blood flow obstuction  
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-itis   inflammation  
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Hepatitis   Inflammation of the liver  
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-ive   performs or tends toward  
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Congestive   tends towards accumulation of fluid  
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-malacia   abnormal softening  
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Osteomalacia   abnormal softening of bone  
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-megaly   enlargement  
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Cardiomegaly   enlargement of the heart  
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-osis   abnormal condition  
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Cardiosis   abnormal condition of the heart  
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-pathy   disease  
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Enteropathy   disease of the small intestine  
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-sclerosis   abnormal hardening  
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Arteriosclerosis   abnormal hardening of the arteries  
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-um   structure  
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Pericardium   structure surrounding the heart  
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-us   thing  
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Tarsus   the joint (thing) between the tibia and fibula and metatarsals  
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ovari/o-   Ovary  
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Hyster   uterus  
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Ovariohysterectomy   surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus  
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Hepatoma   a liver mass  
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Hematoma   a mass of collection of blood  
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Urethra   takes urine from the bladder to the outside of the body  
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ileum   distal part of the small intestine  
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ilium   part of the pelvic bone  
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