Veterinary Terminology

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Veterinary Terminology
Prefix
Form
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History

• Most of the terms used in veterinary medicine are
  based on Latin or Greek.
• Latinuniversal language of medicine
• Greeksfounders of modern medicine
• terminology can be confusing unless you have the
  tools to decipher it. So.

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Building Blocks

• Prefix
• modifies the meaning of the word it is attached
  to
• located at the beginning of a word
• Examples Poly-, De-, Anti-, Post
• Handout 1, Handout 4

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Building Blocks

• Suffix
• modifies the meaning of the word it is attached
  to
• located at the end of a word
• Examples -itis, -ology, -lysis
• Handout 2, Handout 5

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Building Blocks

• Root
• foundation of a word
• Adding a prefix or a suffix to the root modifies
  its meaning
• Roots can be combined with other roots or a
  suffix by adding a combining form
• Examples Cardi/o, Nas/o
• Handout 3, Handout 6

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Building Blocks

• Combining Form
• vowel that is used to connect roots to other
  roots or to a suffix
• usually an O but can be A, E, or an I
• make the term easier to pronounce
• Not always used

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Ep-, Epi-

• On, upon
• Epidermal upon the epidermis

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Eu- (yoo)

• Normal
• Eupnea Normal breathing

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Iso-

• Equal same
• Isothermic equality of temperature

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Multi-

• Many, much
• Multicellular many cells

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Neo-

• New
• Neonatal- new born

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Pan-

• All
• Panarthritis- all inflammation of joints

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Peri-

• Around
• Periodontal pertaining to the area around the
  tooth

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Post-

• After
• Postoperative after a surgical operation

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Uni-

• One
• Unicellular one celled

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-al, -ic, -ac,-ous-

• Thermic temperature
• Dermal skin
• Hydrous water

• Pertaining to

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-graphy

• Recording of
• Radiography recording of an image using x-rays

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-ist

• One who studies
• Cardiologist person who studies the heart

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-lysis

• Destruction of
• Erythrolysis destruction of red blood cells

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-megaly

• Abnormally large
• Hepatomegaly abnormally large liver

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-natal

• Birth
• Postnatal after birth

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-oxia

• Oxygen
• Hypoxia insufficient oxygen

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-phagia

• Eating, swallowing
• Malphagia poor swallowing or eating ability

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-spasm

• Involuntary contraction
• Cardiospasm involuntary contraction of the heart

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-toxin

• Poison
• Entrotoxin intestintal poisoning

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Abdomin/o-
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Copr/o
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Cyan/o
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Derm/o, Dermat/o
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Enter/o
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Erythr/o
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Gingiv/o
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Hepat/o
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Hydr/o
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Peritone/o
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Ur/o