Ch.3 Vet Medical Terms

Front 1

Acetabul/o

Back 1

Acetabulum

Front 2

Ankyl/o

Back 2

Stiff

Front 3

Burs/o

Back 3

Bursa

Front 4

Calc/o

Back 4

Calcium

Front 5

Calcane/o

Back 5

Calcaneus

Front 6

Carp/o

Back 6

Carpus

Front 7

Chondr/o

Back 7

Cartilage

Front 8

Clavicul/o

Back 8

Clavicle

Front 9

Cost/o

Back 9

Rib

Front 10

Costal/o

Back 10

Rib

Front 11

Crani/o

Back 11

Skull

Front 12

Dactyl/o

Back 12

Toes; Digits

Front 13

Erg/o

Back 13

Work

Front 14

Fasci/o
Fasc/i

Back 14

Fascia

Front 15

Femor/o

Back 15

Femur

Front 16

Fibros/o

Back 16

Fibrous Connective Tissue

Front 17

Fibul/o

Back 17

Fibula

Front 18

Hem/o

Hemat/o

Back 18

Blood

Front 19

Humer/o

Back 19

Humerus

Front 20

Hydr/o

Back 20

Fluid; Water

Front 21

Ili/o

Back 21

Ilium

Front 22

Isch/o

Back 22

Ischium

Front 23

Kinesi/o

Back 23

Movement

Front 24

Kyph/o

Back 24

Humpback; Bent; Hump

Front 25

Lacrim/o

Back 25

Tear; Tear Duct

Front 26

Lamin/o

Back 26

Lamina

Front 27

Leiomy/o

Back 27

Smooth (visceral) Muscle

Front 28

Ligament/o

Back 28

Ligament

Front 29

Lord/o

Back 29

Curve; Swayback; Bent backward

Front 30

malleol/o

Back 30

Malleolus

Front 31

Mandibul/o

Back 31

Mandible; Lower jaw

Front 32

maxill/o

Back 32

Maxilla; Upper jaw

Front 33

Metacarp/o

Back 33

Metacarpals

Front 34

Metatars/o

Back 34

Metatarsals

Front 35

My/o
Myos/o

Back 35

Muscle

Front 36

Myel/o

Back 36

Bone marrow; Spinal cord

Front 37

Necr/o

Back 37

Death

Front 38

Olecran/o

Back 38

Olecranon

Front 39

Orth/o

Oss/e; Oss/i

Oste/o

Back 39

Bone

Front 40

Pariet/o

Back 40

Side

Front 41

Patell/o

Back 41

Patella

Front 42

Ped/o

Back 42

Child; Foot

Front 43

Pelv/i

Back 43

Pelvis; Pelvic bone;Hip

Front 44

Perone/o

Back 44

Fibula

Front 45

Phalang/o

Back 45

Phalanges; Digits

Front 46

Pub/o

Back 46

Pubis

Front 47

Radi/o

Back 47

Radius; X-Ray

Front 48

Rhabdomy/o

Back 48

Striated (skeletal) Muscle

Front 49

Rheumat/o

Back 49

Water; Flow

Front 50

Sacr/o

Back 50

Sacrum

Front 51

Sarc/o

Back 51

Connective Tissue

Front 52

Scapula/o

Back 52

Scapula

Front 53

Sphen/o

Back 53

Wedge

Front 54

Spondyl/o

Back 54

Vertebra

Front 55

Stern/o

Back 55

Sternum

Front 56

Synov/o

Back 56

Synovial membrane; Tendon sheath

Front 57

Tars/o

Back 57

Tarsus

Front 58

Ten/o

Tendin/o

Back 58

Tendon

Front 59

Tibi/o

Back 59

Tibia

Front 60

Ton/o

Back 60

Tension

Front 61

Uln/o

Back 61

Ulna

Front 62

Vertebr/o

Back 62

Vertebra

Front 63

a-, an-

Back 63

no; not; without

Front 64

ab-

Back 64

Away from

Front 65

ad-

Back 65

Toward

Front 66

amph-

Back 66

Around; On both sides

Front 67

anti-

Back 67

Against

Front 68

de-

Back 68

lack of; down; less; removal of

Front 69

dia-

Back 69

through; complete

Front 70

dys-

Back 70

bad; painful; difficult; abnormal

Front 71

electro-

Back 71

electricity

Front 72

endo-

Back 72

in; within

Front 73

epi-

Back 73

above; upon; on

Front 74

hyper-

Back 74

above; excessive

Front 75

hypo-

Back 75

deficient; below; under; less than normal

Front 76

inter-

Back 76

between

Front 77

meta-

Back 77

change; beyond

Front 78

pan-

Back 78

all

Front 79

peri-

Back 79

surrounding; around

Front 80

poly-

Back 80

many; much

Front 81

sub-

Back 81

under; below

Front 82

supra-

Back 82

above; upper

Front 83

Sym-
Syn-

Back 83

together; with

Front 84

-ac, -al, -ar, -ary,-eal, -ic, -ous

Back 84

pertaining to

Front 85

-algia

Back 85

pain

Front 86

-blast

Back 86

immature; embryonic

Front 87

-centesis

Back 87

surgical puncture to remove fluid

Front 88

-clast

Back 88

to break

Front 89

-cyte

Back 89

cell

Front 90

-desis

Back 90

surgical fixation; to bind;tie together

Front 91

-dynia

Back 91

pain

Front 92

-ectomy

Back 92

removal; excision; resection

Front 93

-emia

Back 93

blood condition

Front 94

-fication

Back 94

process of making

Front 95

-genesis

Back 95

producing; forming

Front 96

-graphy

Back 96

process of recording

Front 97

-ion

Back 97

process

Front 98

-itis

Back 98

inflammation

Front 99

-kinesis

Back 99

movement

Front 100

-malacia

Back 100

softening

Front 101

-metry

Back 101

measurement

Front 102

-oma

Back 102

tumor; mass; fluid collection

Front 103

-osis

Back 103

abnormal condition

Front 104

-pathy

Back 104

disease condition

Front 105

-pexy

Back 105

surgical fixation; to put in place

Front 106

-physis

Back 106

to grow

Front 107

-plasia

Back 107

development; formation; growth

Front 108

-plasty

Back 108

Surgical repair

Front 109

-poiesis

Back 109

formation

Front 110

-porosis

Back 110

condition of pores (spaces)

Front 111

-rhaphy

Back 111

suture

Front 112

-sclerosis

Back 112

hardening

Front 113

-scopy

Back 113

visual examination

Front 114

-tome

Back 114

instrument to cut

Front 115

-tomy

Back 115

process of cutting; incision

Front 116

-therapy

Back 116

treatment

Front 117

-trophy

Back 117

development; nourishment

Front 118

-y

Back 118

condition

Front 119

Achondroplasia

Back 119

Hereditary condition where the bone and cartilage of limbs fail to grow in normal size

(dwarfism)

Front 120

Amputation

Back 120

Removal of a limb or other appendage

Front 121

Crepitation

Back 121

Crackling sound produced by the grating of
broken bones

Front 122

Dislocation

Back 122

Displacement of bone from a joint

Front 123

Fracture

Back 123

Sudden breaking of bone

Front 124

Laminectomy

Back 124

Removal of part of the vertebral arch to relief pressure from a rupture

Front 125

Lordosis

Back 125

Downward or ventral curvature of the lumbar spine

Front 126

Orthopedic

Back 126

Branch of surgery dealing with the skeletal system

Front 127

Osteoporosis

Back 127

Decreased bone density due to loss of bone tissue

Front 128

Lameness

Back 128

Incapable of normal locomotion

Front 129

Luxation

Back 129

Displacement of a bone from its joint

(dislocation)

Front 130

Subluxation

Back 130

Partial displacement of a bone or joint

Front 131

Abduction

Back 131

Movement away from the mid-line of the body

Front 132

Adduction

Back 132

Movement toward the mid-line of the body

Front 133

Atrophy

Back 133

No development due to a decrease from the normal cell size

Front 134

Hyperplasia

Back 134

Increased development due to an increase in cell number

Front 135

Hypertrophy

Back 135

Excessive development due to increase in cell size

Front 136

Hypoplasia

Back 136

Incomplete development due to decrease in cell number

Front 137

Tenosynovitis

Back 137

Inflammation of the tendon and tendon sheath

Front 138

Tetany

Back 138

Continuous muscle spasms or twitching