Veterinary Terminology: Colors, Substances, Chemicals & Fluids

aqua, hydr/o

water

chol/e, chol/o

bile

chyle, chyl/o

milky fluid, product of digestion

dacry/o, lacrima

tears

galact/o, lact/o

milk

hem/a, hemat/o, hem/o

blood

hidr/o, sudor

sweat

lymph/o

lymph

mucus, muco

secretion of mucous membranes

myx/o

mucus

plasma

fluid portion of blood

ptyal/o

saliva

pus

liquid product of inflammation

py/o

pus

sangui, sanguin/o

blood, bloody

serum, ser/o

clear portion of blood fluid

sial/o

saliva, salivary glands

ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, ur/in, ur/ino, ur/o

urine or urea

adip/o

fat

amyl/o

starch

cerumen, cerumin/o

earwax

collagen

fibrous protein of connective tissue, cartilage, bone, and skin

ele/o, ole/o

oil

ferrum, ferr/o

iron

gluco, glyc/o, sacchar/o, sacchar/i

sugar

hal/o

salt

heme

iron- based, pigment part of hemoglobin

hormone

body-produced chemical substance

hyal/o, hyalin

glassy, translucent substance

lip/o, lipid

fat, fatty acids

lith/o

stone or calculus

mel/i

honey or sugar

natrium

sodium

petrous

stony hardness

sal

Salt

sebum

sebaceous gland secretion

albus, alba, alb

white

chlor/o, chloros

green

Chrom/o, chromat/o

color

cirrhos

orange- yellow

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuc/o, leuk/o

white (L)

lutein

saffron yellow

melan/o

black

photo

light

poli/o

gray

rhod/o

red

ruber, rubor

red, redness

xanth/o

yellow, yellowish