vetmed terminology

a-, an-

absence, without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward, near

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

dys-

difficult, painful

ect-, exo-

outside, outer

hemi-

half

hyp-

below, beneath

eu-

normal

hyper-

above, beyond

inter-

between

intra-

within

iso-

same

pan-

all

pre-

in front, before

post-

after, behind

pseudo-

FALSE

sub-

under

tachy-

fast

trans-

through

abdomin/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

audi/o

hearing

aur/a

ear

blast/o

immature cell

brach/i/o

arm

bronch/i/o

bronchus

bucc/o

cheek

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

toward rear

cervic/a

neck

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chrondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

color

col/o

colon

crani/o

toward head

cutan/e

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/i/o

bladder, cyst

cyto/o

cell

dacr/o

tear duct

dent

tooth

derm/a

skin

diaphragm/o

diaphragm

dors/o

toward the back(spine)

duoden/o

duodenum

electr/o

electric

encephal/o

brain

endocrin/o

endocrine

enter/o

intestine

erythr/o

red

epes/i/o

vulva

esthes/i/o

sensation

esophag

esophagus

eti/o

cause

fac/i/o

face

femor/o

femoral

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gum

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

hem/o/a

blood

hep/a

liver

histi/o

tissue

humer/o

humerus

hydr/o

water

hyster/o

uterus

ile/o

ileum

ili/o

ilium

kal/i

potassium

kerat/o

cornea

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

larynx

leuk/o

white

lith/o

stone

lymph/o

lymph vessel/node

malig

bad, cancerous

mamm/o

breast

metr/o/a

uterus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

tooth

onc/o

cancer

opth/o

eyes

or/o

mouth

orch/o

testis/testicle

oste/o

bone

ot/i/o

ear

ovari/o

ovary

pancreat/o

pancreas

path/o

disease

perine/o

perineum