Veterinary Terminology

-tomy

cut into, incision

-stomy

surgically created opening

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-pexy

surgical fixation, suspension

-plasty

surgical repair

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

-gram

record of

-graph

instrument used to record

-graphy

procedure that records

-lysis

breakdown, destruction, separation

-scope

instrument for visual examination

-scopy

procedure to visually examine

-therapy

treatment

-rrhagia -rrhage

bursting forth

-rraphy

suture

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-rrhexis

rupture

-algia, -dynia

pain

-ia

state, condition

-ion

action, process, state or condition

-itis

inflammation

-ive

performs, tends toward

abnormal softening

-malacia

-megaly

enlargement

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-sclerosis

abnormal hardening

-um

structure

-us

thing

a-, an-

not, without

ab-

from, away

ad-

to, toward

ante-

before, in front of

anti-

against, opposed to

bi-

two, twice

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

cata-

down

contra-

against

con-

together

de-

down, from, off

dia-

through, between

dys-

abnormal

ect-, ecto-

outside

ex-

out of, away from

em-, en-, endo-

in, into

ep-, epi-

on, above, upon

eu-

good, well new

hemi-

one-half

hetero-

different, other

homo-

alike, same

hydro-

water

hyper-

over, more than

hypo-

under, less than

inter-

between, together

intra-

within

iso-

equal

macro-

large, long

mal-

bad, abnormal

meso-

middle

meta-

after, beyond or change

micro-

small

mono-

single

multi-

many

neo-

new

ost-

bone

pan-

complete

para-

alongside of

peri-

surrounding, around

poly-

plurality

post-

after, behind

re-

again, back

semi-

one-half, partly

sub-

beneath, under

tachy-

fast

tetra-

four

uni-

one

-algia

pain

-asthenia

weakness

-ase

enzyme

-al, -ic, -ac, -ous

pertaining to

-clasia/clasis

to break

-crine

to secrete

-cyte

cell

-ectopia

organ or part is out of its normal place

-emesis

vomiting condition

-emia

blood condition

-esis

action, condition, state of

-genesis

producing, forming

-genic,

formative, pertaining to producing

-iasis

condition, formation, presence of

-ictal

caused by sudden attack or stroke

-ism

condition, disease

-ist

one who specializes in

-ity

state, quality

-lepsy

attack, seizure

-logy

the study of

-lytic

dissolution

-natal

pertaining to birth

-oma

tumor, mass, fluid collection