Final Exam

Orientation Veterinary 401

chrom/o

color

erythr/o

Red

hemoglobin/o

hemoglobin

is/o

same; equal

leuk/o

White

lymph/o

lymph

neutr/o

neutrophil; neutral; neither

thromb/o

Clot

mono-

Single; One

norm-

normal; order

-blast

immature; embryonic

-cytosis

increase in the number of cells

-penia

deficiency

-phil

attraction for

Plasma

Fluid portion of anticoagulated or circulating blood

Serum

Fluid portion of coagulated blood

immun/o

immune; protection; safe

pyr/o

fire; fever

pyret/o

fire; fever

pyrex/o

fire; fever

tox/o

poison

auto-

self; own

inter-

between

-ary

pertaining to

-cocci

berry-shaped bacterium

-coccus

berry-shaped bacterium

-therapy

treatment

Zoonotic

Disease capable of being transmitted from animals to humans

bronch/o

bronchial tube

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm

nas/o

nose

ox/o

oxygen

pneum/o

lung; air; gas

pulmon/o

lung

dys-

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

-pnea

breathing

Respiration

Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the body and the atmosphere

aort/o

aorta

arteri/o

artery

cyan/o

blue

my/o

muscle

pericardi/o

pericardium

vas/o

vessel; vas deferes; duct

ven/i

vein

ven/o

vein

brady-

slow

tachy-

fast

-ole

small; little

-stenosis

tightening; narrow; stricture

-tension

pressure

-ule

small; little

Arrhythmia

Abnormal heart rhythm. (Also called dysrhythmia)

Asystole

Without contraction; lack of heart activity

lymph cell

lymphocyte

neutral-liking cell

neutrophil

immature red cell

erythroblast

erythropenia

condition of lower-than-normal number of red cells

leukocyte

white cell

erythrocyte

red cell

melanocyte

black cell

leukoblast

immature white cell

lymphoblast

immature lymph cell

Anemia

Condition of lack of red blood cells and / or hemoglobin

Leukocytosis

Condition of higher-than-normal number of white cells

Lymphocytosis

Condition of higher-than-normal number of lymph cell

Hyperthermia

Condition of high body temperature

Pyrexia

Condition of fire

Autoimmune

immune response to self

Cardiac

pertaining to the heart

extracystic (what is the prefix)

extra-

extracystic (what is the suffix)

-ic

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cis/o

to cut

col/o

large intestine

cyst/o

urinary bladder; cyst

colon/o

large intestine

cyt/o

cell

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

treatment

neur/o

nerve

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

radi/o

x-rays

sarc/o

connective tissue

sect/o

to cut

a-

no; not ; without

an-

no; not ;without

brach-

short

dia-

through ; complete