Vet Tech Vocab - Dissect and Define
brady-
abnormally slow
anemia
an/e/mia lack of healthy red blood cells
mal-
bad, poor
bradycardia
brady/cardia slow heart action
cardiology
cardi/o/logy heart study of the study of the heart
-cyte
cell
cephalitis
ceph/a/litis inflammation of the brain
cytopenia
cyt/o/penia production of blood cells
declaw
de/claw remove claws take off claws
dys-
difficulty
dysuria
dys/u/ria painful urination
ot/o
ear
cardi/o
heart
-itis
inflammation
-scope
instrument for examining
mammology
mamm/ology zoology concerned with animals
ophthalmology
ophth/alm/ology medical science dealing with the eye
otitis
ot/i/tis inflamation of the ear
polyarthritis
poly/a/rthritis type of arthritis
stethoscope
steth/o/scope chest instrument instrument to examine the chest
-logy
study of
dent/i, dent/o
teeth
thoracotomey
thor/a/cotomy thorax surgical incision surgical incision to the chest
tonsillectomy
tonsillec/tomy tonsils surgical incision removal of the tonsils
tracheoma
trach/e/oma bacterial infechtion of
trachypnea
trach/pnea rapid breathing