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Terminology/Ch. 4
Verbal Roots and Combining Forms
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Veterinary Medicine
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08/30/2012
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Term
Audio(o)
 Definition
hearing
Term
Bio
 Definition
life
Term
Caus, caut
 Definition
burn
Term
clas, clast
 Definition
break
Term
duct
 Definition
lead
Term
ectas
 Definition
dilate
Term
edem
 Definition
swelling
Term
esthes
 Definition
sensation
Term
gen(o)
 Definition
producing
Term
iatr(o)
 Definition
treatment
Term
kin(e), kin(o)
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
lysis, lys(o), lytic
 Definition
breaking down
Term
morph(o)
 Definition
form, structure, shape
Term
op(ia), ops(ia), opsy
 Definition
vision
Term
path, pathy
 Definition
dz
Term
phage, phag(o)
 Definition
eating
Term
phas
 Definition
speech
Term
phil
 Definition
affinity, love for
Term
plegia
 Definition
paralysis
Term
poiesis
 Definition
formation, production
Term
schist(o), schiz(o)
 Definition
split, cleft, division
Term
troph(o)
 Definition
nourishment, food
Term
brachy
 Definition
short
Term
brady
 Definition
slow
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brev(i)
 Definition
short
Term
cry(o)
 Definition
cold
Term
crypt(o)
 Definition
hidden
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dextr(o)
 Definition
right, right side
Term
dipl(o)
 Definition
double, twice
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glyc(o), gluc(o)
 Definition
sugar, sweet
Term
heter(o)
 Definition
other, different
Term
hom(eo), hom(o)
 Definition
same, alike
Term
hydr(o)
 Definition
wet, water, fluid
Term
is(o)
 Definition
equal, alike
Term
lept(o)
 Definition
slender, thin, small
Term
lev(o)
 Definition
left
Term
macr(o), meg(a), meg(alo), meg(aly)
 Definition
large
Term
mal
 Definition
ill, bad
Term
malac(o)
 Definition
soft, softening
Term
necr(o)
 Definition
death
Term
olig(o)
 Definition
few, little
Term
orth(o)
 Definition
straight, normal, correct
Term
xer(o)
 Definition
dry
Term
aqua, hydr(o)
 Definition
water
Term
chol(e), chol(o)
 Definition
bile
Term
chyle, chyl(o)
 Definition
milky fluid-product of digestion
Term
dacry(o), lacrima
 Definition
tears
Term
galact(o), lact(o)
 Definition
milk
Term
hem(a), hemat(o), hem(o), sangui, sanguin(o)
 Definition
blood
Term
hidr(o), sudor
 Definition
sweat
Term
lymph(o)
 Definition
lymph
Term
mucus, muco
 Definition
secretion of the mm
Term
myx(o)
 Definition
mucus
Term
plasma
 Definition
fluid portion of the blood
Term
ptyal(o)
 Definition
saliva
Term
pus, py(o)
 Definition
secretion produced by inflammation
Term
serum, ser(o)
 Definition
clear portion of blood
Term
sial(o)
 Definition
saliva, salivary glands
Term
ur(e), ur(ea), ur(eo), ur(in), ur(ino), ur(o)
 Definition
urine or urea
Term
adip(o)
 Definition
fat
Term
amyl(o)
 Definition
starch
Term
cerumen, cerumin(o)
 Definition
earwax
Term
ele(o), ole(o)
 Definition
oil
Term
ferrum, ferr(o)
 Definition
iron
Term
gluco, glyc(o), sacchar(o), sacchar(i)
 Definition
sugar
Term
hal(o)
 Definition
salt
Term
heme
 Definition
iron-based, pigment part of hemoglobin
Term
hormone
 Definition
body-produced chemical substance
Term
hyal(o), hyaline
 Definition
glassy, translucent substance
Term
lip(o), lipid
 Definition
fat, fatty acids
Term
mel(i)
 Definition
honey or sugar
Term
pachy
 Definition
thick
Term
pale(o)
 Definition
old, primitive
Term
poikil(o)
 Definition
irregular, varied
Term
platy
 Definition
flat, wide
Term
ple(o)
 Definition
more, many
Term
scler(o)
 Definition
narrow, constricted
Term
tachy
 Definition
rapid, fast
Term
tel(e), tel(o)
 Definition
distant, end
Term
therm(o)
 Definition
heat
Term
natrium, sal
 Definition
salt
Term
petrous
 Definition
stony hardness
Term
sebum
 Definition
sebaceous gland secretion
Term
albus, alba, alb, leuc(o), leuk(o)
 Definition
white
Term
chlor(o), choloros
 Definition
green
Term
chrom(o), chromat(o)
 Definition
color, as compared with colorless
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cirrhos
 Definition
orange-yellow
Term
cyan(o)
 Definition
blue
Term
erythr(o), rhod(o), ruber, rubor
 Definition
red
Term
lutein
 Definition
saffron yellow
Term
melan(o)
 Definition
black
Term
photo
 Definition
light
Term
poli(o)
 Definition
gray (relating to gray matter of the nervous system)
Term
xanth(o)
 Definition
yellow, yellowish
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