Veterinary Science

Terminology Drills

Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots

-emia

Blood condition

Anti-

Against, Opposing

-ectomy

To surgically remove

De-

Down, From

Dys-

Difficulty

Brady-

Abnormally Slow

A- , an-

Without, Lack of,

Not

-cyte

Cell

Hyper-

Excessive,

Abnormally High

-itis

Inflammation

Hypo-

Insufficient,

Abnormally low

Mal-

Bad, Poor

Tachy

Abnormally fast

-penia

Deficiency

Poly-

Many, Much,

Multiple

-logy

Study of

-oma

Tumor

-scope

Instrument for

examining

-tomy

Cutting, incision

Cardi/o

Heart

-pnea

Breathing

Cephal/o

Head

Dent/i, dent/o

Teeth

Nas/o

Nose

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Mamm/a, Mamm/o

Mammary Gland

Ot/o

Ear

Iso-

Equal, same

Steth/o

Chest

Trache/o

Trachea

Ep-, Epi-

On, upon

Cyan/o

Blue

Neo-

New

Pan-

All

Ur/o

Urinary system

Thorac/o

Thorax

Peri-

Around

-megaly

Abnormally large

Post-

After

Uni-

One

-al, -ic, -ac, -ous

Pertaining to

-graphy

Recording of

Eu-

Normal

-ist

One who studies

-spasm

Involuntary

contraction

Abdomin/o

Abdomen

Gingiv/o

Gums

-lysis

Destruction of

Multi-

Many, much

-natal

Birth

-oxia

Oxygen

-toxin

Poison

-phagia

Eating, swallowin

g

Peritone/o

Peritoneum

Copr/o

Feces

Derm/o, Dermat/o

Skin

Enter/o

Intestines

Erythr/o

Red blood cell

Hepat/o

Liver

Hydr/o

Water