Veterinary Terminology

What is a root word?

basis for the definition

What is a suffix?

modifies the root, gives it a specific meaning

What is a prefix?

usually denotes a quantity, location, condition status, or time

What is a combining vowel?

used to link a root to the suffix or another root

Zoology

scientific study of animals

Zoonosis

a disease that can be transferred to humans and animals

Zoonotic

an infectious disease that has transferred from a non-human animal to humans

Morbidity

the state of being symptomatic or unhealthy for a disease or condition

Mortality

death

Acute

severe and sudden onset

Chronic

something that continues over an extended period of time

F

female

M

male

C

castrated

N

neutered

S

spayed

K-9

canine

Fel

feline

LA

large animal

SA

small animal

DLH

domestic longhair

DSH

domestic shorthair

PO

by mouth (per os)

BID

twice a day

SID

once a day

TID

three times a day

QID

four times a day

Q#h

every # hours

Benign

non-cancerous

Exacerbation

an acute increase in the severity of a problem, illness or bad situation

Idiopathic

arising spontaneously or form of an unkown cause

In vitro

outside of a living organism

In vivo

inside of a living organism

Infection

when something is invading or growing within the body that should not be there

Inflammation

body’s response to injury or infection

Malignant

used to describe cancer

Remission

reduction or disappearance of signs and symptoms of a disease

Signs

direct indication of a disease

Symptoms

indirect indication of disease

-a

noun, no true meaning

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ant

state or condition

-ar

pertaining to

arthr/o

joint

-ate

something that results from

-ation

action, process, condition, state, or result of

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

dia-

through, between

dys-

difficult

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal, cut out

eti/o

cause or origin

gen/o

produce/production

-gnosis

knowledge of

hyster/o

uterus

-ia

condition of, diseased state, abnormal state

-ide

used in naming binary or chemical compounds

-ion

action, process, state, or result in doing something

-is

condition of

-ism

state of

-ist

one who studies

-itis

inflammation

-ium

structure or tissue

-ive

pertaining to

-ize

to make, treat, or combine with

log/o

study

-logy

study of

neo-

new

-oid

resembling

-ole

small

-oma

tumor, swelling

oophor/o

ovary/ovarian

-or

pertaining to

-ose

full of, pertaining to, or sugar

-osis

abnormal condition

oste/o

bone

-ous

pertaining to

ovari/o

ovary

path/o

disease

-pathy

disease

-phyte

a specified king of growth

plas/o

formation or new development

-plam

living substance, tissue, or substance of a cell

poly-

many

pro-

before

salping/o

fallopian tube

-sarcoma

malignant tumor

-sion

the state of

-sis

process or condition

somat/o

body, bodily

-stasis

stop, control, standing

-(t)ic

pertaining to

-tion

act, state of

-ule

small

-um

no meaning

-y

pertaining to