Module 5 Flashcards
Ram
intact male ovine
ewe
female ovine
wether
castrated male ovine
doe
female caprine
buck
intact male caprine
mare
female equine
stallion
intact male equine
gelding
castrated male equine
filly
young female equine
colt
young male equine
foal
young equine of either sex
algesia
sense of pain
angi/o
vessel
dactyl/o
fingers
defribillation
heart shocked to a regular heartbeat
embolism
obstruction of a blood vessel
embolus
foreign particle in the bloodstream
esthesia
feeling, sensation
fibrillation
very fast, irregular heartbeat
a-,an-
absent without
brady-
slow
dys-
bad, difficult, painful
macro-
large
arteri/o
artery
cardiac arrest
stopped heart
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
phas/o
speech
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation
thrombosis
blood clot occluding a vessel
thrombus
a clood clot
poly-
many
sym-, syn-
together
-orrhexis
rupture, bursting apart
-tripsy
rubbing, crushing
micro-
very small
tachy-
fast
emia
blood
sign
abnormality apparent to an examiner
symptom
any change in body function or structure that a patient sees, hears, tastes, smells, or feels
vital
relating to life
pyro
fire or heat
pyret/o
fever
pyrexia
fever
pyretogen
pertains to something that causes fever
lysis
dissolution or reduction
pne/o
breath or breathing
leuk/o
white
melan/o
black
erythr/o
red
cyan/o
blue
chlor/o
green
xanth/o
yellow
vomiting blood
hematemesis
failure of an organ to develop properly
hypotrophy
abnormally intense feeling or sensation
hyperesthesia
time period between the onset of clinical signs and the full development of the disease
prodromal
a sudden onset of clinical signs that recurs periodically
paroxysmal
surgical crushing of a nerve
neurotripsy
contrast study of the spinal subarachnoid space
myelogram
vts (ecc)
veterinary technician specialist in emergency and critical care
RLATg
registered laboratory animal technologist
ALAT
assistant laboratory animal technician
LAT
laboratory animal technician
failure of an organ to develop properly
aplasia
anesthesia
without feeling
cells that aid in clotting
thrombocyte
without pain
analgesia