VET 1002 EXAM #1
prefix opposite in meaning as ad-?
ab-
-osis
abnormal condition
osteomalacia
abnormal softening of bone
trans-
across
post-
after
anti-
against
circum-
around
peri-
around
intramuscular injection
injection into muscle tissue
-scope
instrument to visually examine
arthralgia
joint pain
ren/o
kidney
sagittal plane divides the body into
left and right portions
hepat/o
liver
poly-
many
or/o
mouth
my/o
muscle
nas/o
nose
rhin/o
nose
ovari/o
ovaries
-algia
pain
ectoparasite
parasite on the external surface of a host
-al
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ic
pertaining to
cutaneous
pertaining to the skin
gastric
pertaining to the stomach
word element added at the beginning of a word
prefix
pan-
prefix meaning all
endo-
prefix meaning within
-scopy
procedure to visually examine
endoscopy
procedure to visually examine inside the body
-graphy
process of recording
-ptosis
prolapse
-cele
protrusion
-gram
record
-oid
resembling, shaped like
-rhhexis
rupture
oliguria
scanty urination
auto-
self
-lysis
separation, breakdown
mucus
slime-like substance composed of glandular secretion, salts, cells, leukocytes
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
-stomy
suffix meaning cutting into or incision
-pathy
suffix meaning disease
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ectomy
surgical removal
ovariohysterectomy
surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus
-plasty
surgical repair
-pexy
suture to stabilize
gastropexy
suturing of the stomach to the abdominal wall
colostomy
the surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface
dia-
through
lateral
toward the side
-therapy
treatment
chemotherapy
treatment with chemicals or drugs
epi-
upper
hysteri/o
uterus
phleb/o
vein
ven/o
vein
-emesis
vomiting
combining vowel
vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
con-
with, together
intramuscular
within the muscle
a-
without, no
an-
without, no
suffix
word part always placed at the end of a term
root
word part that gives the essential meaning of the word
ot/o
ear
hyper-
elevated
-megaly
enlargement
cardiomegaly
enlargement of the heart
-rrhea
flow, discharge
eu-
good, normal
pil/o
hair
trich/o
hair
hemi-
half
electrocardiogram
hard copy record of the electrical activity of the heart
ileo-
ileum
ili/o
ilium
laparotomy
incision into the abdomen
-tomy
incision or cutting into
-sepsis
infection
-itis
inflammation
hepatitis
inflammation of the liver
gastritis
inflammation of the stomach
ab-
away from
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
pre-
before
sub-
below
inter-
between
meta-
beyond
-emia
blood condition
-pnea
breathing
hemorrage
bursting forth of blood from vessels
-cyte
cell
combining form
combination of the root and the combining vowel
hypo-
depressed
enteropathy
disease of the small intestine
