Simplified vet med terms

blephar/o

eyelid

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

labi/o

lip

chole

bile

chondr/o

cartilage

-centesis

surgical puncture

-ectomy

surgical removal

-ize

torn

-pexy

to fix surgically

-plasty

surgically repair

-rrhaphy

suture, surgically repair

-stomy

surgically open

-tomy

cut, incision

-algia

pain

emia

blood

-esis

process

-oma

tumor

-pathy

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-phage

to eat

-phobia

fear

-plasia

cell growth

-pnea

respiration

-rrhea

flow/discharge

brachy-

short

brady-

slow

crypt/o-

hidden

dis-

apart

dolich/o-

long, narrow

dys-

bad, difficult

e-, ec-, ex-

out of, away from

hem/a-

blood

mal-

bad, abnormal

pseudo-

false

py/o-

pus

tachy-

fast

cost/o

rib

crani/o

cranium

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

dactyl/o

digit

odont/o

tooth

dermat/o

skin

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestines

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

mandibul/o

jaw

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyster/o

uterus

kerat/o

cornea

adip/o

fat

oophor/o

ovary

trich/o

hair

pneum/o

lung, breathe

ped/i

foot

rect/o

rectum

mamm/o

mammary glands

mening/o

meninges

my/o

muscle

myel/o

bone marrow

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

orchid/o

testes

stomat/o

mouth

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

rhin/o

nose

tars/o

ankle

ad-

toward

ab-

away

-rrhexis

rupture