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Learning Veterinary Terminology 2
McBride Vocabulary pg. 39-56
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 1
10/13/2011
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Term
audi/o
 Definition
hearing
Term
auditory
 Definition
sense or organs of hearing
Term
audiology
 Definition
study of hearing
Term
bio-
 Definition
life
Term
biology
 Definition
study of living things
Term
biogenesis
 Definition
origin of life
Term
caus-, caut-
 Definition
burn
Term
caustic
 Definition
burning material
Term
cautery
 Definition
devise to scar or burn
Term
-clas, -clast
 Definition
break
Term
osteoclasis
 Definition
surgical fracture
Term
clastothrix
 Definition
splitting of hair
Term
duct-
 Definition
lead
Term
abduct
 Definition
lead away from
Term
duct
 Definition
tube leading to or from
Term
-ectas-
 Definition
dilate
Term
phlebectasia
 Definition
dilation of veins
Term
venectasia
 Definition
dilation of veins
Term
-edem-
 Definition
swelling
Term
cepheledema
 Definition
swelling of head
Term
edematous
 Definition
swollen
Term
-esthes
 Definition
sensation
Term
anesthesia
 Definition
without sensation
Term
paresthesia
 Definition
abnormal sensaation
Term
gen/o-
 Definition
producing
Term
pathogen
 Definition
disease producing
Term
antigenic
 Definition
producing a reaction
Term
-iatr/o
 Definition
treatment
Term
geriatrics
 Definition
treatment of aging
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iatrogenic
 Definition
caused by treatment
Term
kin/e-, kin/o
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
kinetogenic
 Definition
producing movement
Term
kinetics
 Definition
study of motion
Term
-lysis, -lys/o, -lytic
 Definition
breaking down
Term
lysis
 Definition
destruction of a cell
Term
lysozyme
 Definition
bacteria-destroying enzyme
Term
-morph/o-
 Definition
form, structure, shape
Term
amorphous
 Definition
no definite form
Term
polymorphic
 Definition
many forms
Term
-op/ia, -ops/ia, -opsy
 Definition
vision
Term
myopia
 Definition
nearsightedness
Term
chromatopsia
 Definition
color vision
Term
-paty-, -pathy
 Definition
disease
Term
pathogenic
 Definition
disease causing
Term
enteropathy
 Definition
intestinal disease
Term
-phage, phag/o-
 Definition
-eating
Term
phagocyte
 Definition
engulfing cell
Term
macrophage
 Definition
large phagocyte
Term
-phas-
 Definition
speech
Term
aphasia
 Definition
loss of speech functions
Term
dysphasia
 Definition
difficulty in speaking
Term
-phil
 Definition
affinity, love for
Term
philanthropy
 Definition
love of mankind
Term
acidophilic
 Definition
acid-loving
Term
-plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
hemiplegia
 Definition
one-sided paralysis
Term
paraplegia
 Definition
paralysis of hind legs
Term
-poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
Term
hemopoiesis
 Definition
blood cell formation
Term
schist/o, schiz/o
 Definition
split, cleft, division
Term
schistocyte
 Definition
broken red cell
Term
schizogony
 Definition
type of asexual reproduction
Term
spasm/o
 Definition
spasm
Term
spasmogenic
 Definition
causing spasm
Term
spasmolysis
 Definition
relieving spasm
Term
-stasis
 Definition
standing still, stoppage
Term
homeostasis
 Definition
constant internal environment
Term
hemostasis
 Definition
stoppage of blood flow
Term
troph/o
 Definition
nourishment, food
Term
trophism
 Definition
nutrition
Term
dystrophy
 Definition
defective nutrition
Term
brachy-
 Definition
short
Term
brachycephalic
 Definition
short head
Term
brachygnathous
 Definition
receding underjaw
Term
brady-
 Definition
slow
Term
bradycardia
 Definition
slow heartbeat
Term
bradypnea
 Definition
slow breathing
Term
brev/i-
 Definition
short
Term
brevicollis
 Definition
short neck
Term
brevicaudate
 Definition
short tail
Term
cry/o
 Definition
cold
Term
cryotherapy
 Definition
treatment using cold
Term
cryoanesthesia
 Definition
freezing body part
Term
crypto/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
cryptorchidism
 Definition
undescended testis
Term
cryptic
 Definition
hidden
Term
dextr/o
 Definition
right, right side
Term
dextrocardia
 Definition
heart on right side
Term
dextromanual
 Definition
right-handed
Term
dipl/o
 Definition
double, twice
Term
diplocoria
 Definition
double pupil in eye
Term
diplococcus
 Definition
bacteria in pairs
Term
dolich/o
 Definition
long
Term
dolicholcephalic
 Definition
long head
Term
dolichoderus
 Definition
long neck
Term
glyc/o, gluc/o
 Definition
sugar, sweet
Term
glycemia
 Definition
glucose in the blood
Term
glucosuria, glycosuria
 Definition
sugar in the urine
Term
heter/o
 Definition
other, different
Term
heterocellular
 Definition
of different cells
Term
heterochromatic
 Definition
of different colors
Term
hom/eo, hom/o
 Definition
same, alike
Term
homeostasis
 Definition
staying the same
Term
homozygous
 Definition
having identical genes
Term
hydr/o
 Definition
wet, water, fluid
Term
hydrothorax
 Definition
fluid in pleural cavity
Term
hydrocephalus
 Definition
excess fluid in brain
Term
is/o-
 Definition
equal, alike
Term
isotonic
 Definition
of equal tension
Term
isocoria
 Definition
equal-sized pupils
Term
lept/o
 Definition
slender, small, thin
Term
leptocyte
 Definition
thin-walled red blood cell
Term
leptomeninges
 Definition
two thinner meninges
Term
lev/o
 Definition
left, to the left
Term
levoduction
 Definition
eyes turn left
Term
levorotation
 Definition
turning to the left
Term
macr/o
 Definition
large
Term
macrocyte
 Definition
large cell
Term
macroscopic
 Definition
visible to naked eye
Term
mal-
 Definition
ill, bad
Term
malnutrition
 Definition
any nutritional disorder
Term
malacia
 Definition
softening
Term
malady
 Definition
illness
Term
malac/o
 Definition
soft, softening
Term
osteomalacia
 Definition
softening of bones
Term
meg/a, meg/alo, meg/aly
 Definition
large, oversized
Term
megacolon
 Definition
enlarged colon
Term
megaloblast
 Definition
large immature blood cell
Term
hepatomegaly
 Definition
enlarged liver
Term
necr/o
 Definition
death
Term
necrosis
 Definition
localized tissue death
Term
necropsy
 Definition
examination of dead animal
Term
olig/o
 Definition
few, little
Term
oliguria
 Definition
scanty urine formation
Term
oligospermia
 Definition
few sperm
Term
orth/o
 Definition
straight, normal, correct
Term
orthodontics
 Definition
straightening teeth
Term
orthodox
 Definition
commonly accepted
Term
pachy-
 Definition
thick
Term
pachyderm
 Definition
thick-skinned animal
Term
pachymeninges
 Definition
thick meninges
Term
pale/o-
 Definition
old, primitive
Term
paleogenetic
 Definition
originated in past
Term
paleontology
 Definition
study of primitive life
Term
platy-
 Definition
flat, wide
Term
platyhelminth
 Definition
flatworm
Term
platyrrhine
 Definition
wide nose
Term
ple/o-
 Definition
more, many
Term
pleomorphic
 Definition
many forms
Term
pleochromatic
 Definition
many colors
Term
poikil/o
 Definition
irregular, varied
Term
poikilocytosis
 Definition
irregular red cell shapes
Term
poikilothermic
 Definition
cold-blooded
Term
-scler/o
 Definition
hardness
Term
schlerosis
 Definition
hardening
Term
arteriosclerosis
 Definition
artery hardening
Term
sinistr/o
 Definition
left, to the left
Term
sinistrad
 Definition
toward the left
Term
sinistromanual
 Definition
left handed
Term
sten/o
 Definition
narrow, contracted
Term
stenosed
 Definition
narrow, contracted
Term
stenosis
 Definition
abnormal constriction
Term
stere/o
 Definition
solid, three dimensional
Term
steroscopic
 Definition
solid appearance
Term
stereopsis
 Definition
three-dimensional vision
Term
tachy-
 Definition
rapid, fast
Term
tachypnea
 Definition
fast breathing
Term
tachycardia
 Definition
rapid heart rate
Term
tel/e-, tel/o-
 Definition
distant, end
Term
telophase
 Definition
final stage
Term
telencephalon
 Definition
end brain
Term
therm/o-
 Definition
heat
Term
thermogenic
 Definition
producing heat
Term
thermolabile
 Definition
destruction by heat
Term
xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
xerophthalmia
 Definition
dry eyes
Term
xeroderma
 Definition
dry skin
Term
aqua, hydr/o-
 Definition
water
Term
chol/e-, chol/o-
 Definition
bile
Term
chyle, chyl/o-
 Definition
milky fluid - product of digestion
Term
dacry/o-, lacrima
 Definition
tears
Term
galact/o, lact/o-
 Definition
milk
Term
hem/a, hemat/o, hem/o-
 Definition
blood
Term
hidri/o-, sudor
 Definition
sweat
Term
lymph/o-
 Definition
lymph
Term
mucus, muco-
 Definition
secretion of mucous membranes
Term
myx/o-
 Definition
mucus
Term
plasma
 Definition
fluid portion of blood
Term
ptyal/o-
 Definition
saliva
Term
pus
 Definition
liquid product of inflammation
Term
py/o-
 Definition
pus
Term
sangui-, sanguin/o-
 Definition
blood, bloody
Term
serum, ser/o-
 Definition
clear portion of blood fluid
Term
sial/o-
 Definition
saliva, salivary glands
Term
ur/e-, ur/ea-, ur/eo, ur/in-, ur/ino-, ur/o-
 Definition
urine or urea
Term
adip/o-
 Definition
fat
Term
amyl/o-
 Definition
starch
Term
cerumen, cerumin/o-
 Definition
earwax
Term
collagen
 Definition
fibrous protein of connective tissue, cartilage, bone, and skin
Term
elec/o-, ole/o-
 Definition
oil
Term
ferrum, ferro/o-
 Definition
iron
Term
gluco-, glyc/o-, sacchar/o-, sacchar/i-
 Definition
sugar
Term
hal/o
 Definition
salt
Term
heme
 Definition
iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin
Term
hormone
 Definition
body-produced chemical substance
Term
hyal/o-, hyalin
 Definition
glassy, translucent substance
Term
lip/o-, lipid
 Definition
fat, fatty acids
Term
lith/o-
 Definition
stone or calculus
Term
mel/i-
 Definition
honey or sugar
Term
natrium
 Definition
sodium
Term
petrous
 Definition
stony hardness
Term
sal
 Definition
salt
Term
sebum
 Definition
sebaceous gland secretion
Term
albus, alba, alb-
 Definition
white
Term
chlor/o-, chloros
 Definition
green
Term
chrom/o-, chromat/o-
 Definition
color (as compared with no color)
Term
cirrhos
 Definition
orange-yellow
Term
cyan/o-
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr/o-
 Definition
red
Term
leuc/o-, leuk/o-
 Definition
white
Term
lutein
 Definition
saffron yellow
Term
melan/o
 Definition
black
Term
photo-
 Definition
light
Term
poli/o
 Definition
gray (relating to gray matter of the nervous system)
Term
rhod/o-
 Definition
red
Term
ruber, rubor
 Definition
red, redness
Term
xanth/o-
 Definition
yellow, yellowish
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