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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
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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
Term
glyc(o), gluc(o)
Definition
sugar, sweet
Term
heter(o)
Definition
other, different
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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
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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
Term
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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