Vet Tech Medical Terminology

A - /An-

Without injury

Ab -

Away from

Ad -

Towards

Anti-

Against

Dys -

Difficult, painful, bad

Eu -

Good, easy, normal

Endo-

Within, inside

Ex- /Exo -

Without, out of, away from, outside

Ecto-

Outside

Hyper-

Elevated, higher, more than normal

Hypo-

Depressed, lower, less than normal

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within

Poly-

Many or excessive

Oligo-

Scant, little

Pre-

Before

Post-

After

Sub-

Below, under, less

Super/Supra-

Above, beyond, excessive

Peri-

Around

Epi-

Upper

Extra-

Outside

Infra-

Below, beneath

Meta-

Beyond

Per-

Throughout

Trans-

Across

Ultra-

Above, increased, more than normal

Pan-

All

-tomy

Cutting into or incision

-stomy

Surgically created opening

-ectomy

Surgical removal or excision

-pexy

Suture to stabilize

-plasty

Surgical repair

-centesis

Surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas

-gram

Record of

-graph

Instrument that records

-graphy

Procedure that records

-lysis

Separation, breakdown

-scope

Instrument to visually examine

-scopy

Procedure to visually examine

-therapy

Treatment

-rrhagia/-rrhage

Bursting forth

-rrhapy

To suture

-rrhea

Flow, discharge

-rrhexis

Rupture

-algia/ -dynia

Pain

-itis

Inflammation

-malacia

Abnormal softening

-megaly

Enlargement

-osis

Abnormal condition

-pathy

Disease

-sclerosis

Abnormal hardening

-um

Structure

-penia

Deficiency, Reduction in #