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Medical Terminology
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Veterinary Medicine
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05/27/2020

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Term
A-
Definition
No, Not, Without
ex: Acholia
(lack or absence of bile secretion)
Term
AN-
Definition
No, Not, Without
ex: Analgesic (relieving [pain)
Term
ANA-
Definition
Up, Apart
ex: Anabasis (the stage of increase in a disease)
Term
ANTI-
Definition
Against
ex: Antibody (immune body that fights foreign substances)
Term
AUTO-
Definition
Self
ex: Autonomic (not subject to voluntary control)
Term
BI-
Definition
Two
ex: Bilateral (pertaining to both sides)
Term
BRADY-
Definition
Deficient, Under
ex: Bradycardia (abnormally slow heartbeat)
Term
CHLORO-
Definition
Green
ex: Chloroma (malignant, green colored tumor)
Term
CHROMO-
Definition
Color
ex: Chromhidrosis (secretion of color and sweat)
Term
CO-
Definition
With, together
ex: Cohort (a group with a characteristic acquired at the same time)
Term
COM-
Definition
With, Together
ex: Communicability (ability to spread from infected to susceptible hosts)
Term
CON-
Definition
With, Together
ex: Contagious (capable of being transmitted from host to host)
Term
CYANO-
Definition
Blue
ex: cyanosis (bluish skin and mucosal discoloration)
Term
DE-
Definition
Down, lack of
ex: dehydration (lack of water)
Term
DECI-
Definition
One-tenth
ex: Deciliter (one tenth of a liter)
Term
DI-
Definition
Two
ex: Diataxia (affecting both sides of the body)
Term
DIA-
Definition
Through, between, apart, across, completely
ex: Diarrhea (rapid movement of fecal matter through the body)
Term
DYS-
Definition
Bad, painful
ex: Dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing)
Term
ERYTHRO-
Definition
Red
ex: Erythrocyte (red blood cell)
Term
HEMI-
Definition
Half
ex: Hemihypotonia (diminished muscle tone on one side of the body)
Term
HEXA-
Definition
Six
ex: Hexavitamin (preparation of six vitamins)
Term
HYPER-
Definition
Excessive, above
ex: Hypertension (persistently high blood pressure)
Term
HYPO-
Definition
Below, deficient
ex: Hypoglycemia (abnormally low level of sugar in the blood)
Term
LEUKO-
Definition
White
ex: Leukoencephalitis (inflammation of white brain substance)
Term
MACRO-
Definition
Large
ex: Macroglossia (excessive size of the tongue)
Term
MAL-
Definition
Bad
ex: malignant (tending to worsen and cause death)
Term
MELANO-
Definition
Black
ex: melanotrichia (abnormal increased pigmentation of the hair)
Term
META-
Definition
Change, beyond
ex: metamorphosis (change of structure or shape)
Term
MICRO-
Definition
Small
ex: micromastia (abnormal smallness of the mammary gland)
Term
MONO-
Definition
One, single
ex: monogerminal (developed from a single ovum)
Term
MULTI-
Definition
Many
ex: multiarticular (pertaining to or affecting many joints)
Term
NEO-
Definition
New
ex: Neonate (newborn animal)
Term
PAN-
Definition
All
ex: pandemic (a widespread epidemic)
Term
PENT-
Definition
Five
ex: pentadactyl (having five digits)
Term
POLY-
Definition
Many, much
ex: polychromatic (many-colored)
Term
PSEUDO-
Definition
False
ex: pseudopregnancy (false pregnancy)
Term
QUADR-
Definition
Four
ex: quadrilocular (having four cavities)
Term
SUB-
Definition
Less than, beneath
ex: subclinical (without clinical msnifestations)
Term
SYM-, SYN-
Definition
With, together
ex: symbiosis (mutually reinforcing)
Term
TACHY-
Definition
Fast
ex: tachycardia (abnormally fast heartbeat)
Term
TRI-
Definition
Three
ex: tribrachius (monster with three forelimbs)
Term
ULTRA-
Definition
Beyond
ex: ultrasonic (beyond the audible range)
Term
XANTH-
Definition
Yellow
ex: xanthemia (presence of yellow coloring matter in the blood)
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