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