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318 Tasks for the Veterinary Assistant

Person Staphyl‐ Cluster Staphylococcus
English form Meaning Example Strepto‐ Chain Streptococcus
‐ist Person specializing in a disease Oncologist Malac‐ Soft Osteomalacia
‐ician Specialist/practitioner Physician Scler‐ Hard Sclerosis
Dura‐ Hard Durable
Medical operations Ton‐ Tension Tonometer

English form Meaning Example Leva‐ Raise Elevate
‐ectomy Excision, removal by Gastrectomy Alg‐ Pain Neuralgia
cutting Esthes‐ Sensation, Hyperesthesia
‐otomy Incision Laparotomy perception,
‐plasty Repair, reconstruction Rhinoplasty feeling
‐stomy Making of an artificial Colostomy Cata‐ Down, negative Catabolism
opening
‐opsy Examine Biopsy Time/space
‐tome To cut Microtome English form Meaning Example
‐cente (vs. prefix cent‐ To puncture Cystocentesis Chron‐ Time Chronology
meaning 100) Templo, tempo (vs. Time Template,
tempo‐ meaning temple) temporary
Communication Brady‐ Slow Bradycardia
English form Meaning Example Tachy‐ Fast, rapid Tachycardia
‐gram Recorded data Electrocardiogram Neo‐ New Neonate
‐graph Instrument used to Electrocardiograph Poie‐ To make, produce Hematopoiesis
record data Gene‐ Origin, Genome
beginning
Miscellaneous Telo‐ End Telophase
English form Meaning Example
‐ology The study of Biology Miscellaneous
-rrhea, ‐rrhage To flow, discharge Dysmenorrhea English form Meaning Example
‐zyme Ferment Enzyme Col(l) (glutin‐) Glue Collagen, glutinous
‐coele, ‐cele (vs. coel‐ Denotes Coelenterata sp. Therap‐ Treatment Therapy
prefix meaning same is relationship to a Laparo‐ Flank, abdomen Laparoscopy
the suffix) cavity
Febr‐ Fever Afebrile
Prefixes Ly‐ Break down, loose Lysis
Characteristics Color
English form Meaning Example English form Meaning Example
Gnos‐ Know Prognostic Chrom‐, chromat‐ Colored Chromatography
Mal‐, cac‐, dys‐ (vs. Bad Malady, cacotrophy, Rubri‐ Red Rubrospinal
dis‐ meaning to dysphagia Erythr‐ Red Erythrocyte
separate)
Lute‐, lut‐ Yellow Corpus luteum
Eu‐ Good, normal Eukaryocyte
Xanth‐, flav‐ Yellow Xanthophyll, riboflavin
Pseud‐ False Pseudocyesis
Chlor‐ Green Chlorophyll
Noci‐ Harmful, Nociceptor Cyan‐ Blue Cyanosis
deleterious
Leuk‐ White Leukocyte
Amic‐ To love, Amicable
agreeable Alb‐ White Albino
Mit‐ Thread, small Mitochondria Glauc‐ Gray Glaucoma
Lith‐, calc‐ (vs. calc‐ Stone, bone, rock Urolithiasis, Melan‐, melano‐ Black, dark Melanoma
meaning heel) calcium Luci‐ Clear Radiolucent
Nom‐ Name Nomenclature Hyal‐ Clear Hyaline