Terminology Flashcards
Cranial
Toward the head
Rostral
toward the nose
Caudal
Toward the tail
Dorsal
Toward the backbone
Ventral
Away from the backbone
Medial
Closest to the median
Lateral
Farthest from the medial plane
Proximal
the point closest to the backbone (used in limbs)
Distal
the point farthest from the backbone (used in limbs)
Anterior
toward the head (used in limbs)
Posterior
Toward the tail (used in limbs)
Palmar
Bottom of the front feet
Plantar
Bottom of the rear feet
Superficial
Toward the outer surface of the animal
Deep
Away from the outer surface of the animal
-cidal
antimicrobials that kill organisms
-static
antimicrobials that only prevent the replication of the organisms
Pneumo
air
Anal, ano-
Anus
Brachial, Brachio-
Arm
Hem-, Hemo-, Hemat-
Blood
Thoracic, Thorax, Thoraco-
Chest
Auricle, oto-
Ear
Ocular, Oculo-, Ophthalmo-
Eye
Pedal, Ped-, Pod-
Foot
Chole, Chol-
Gall Bladder
Cephalic, Cephalo-
Head
Carium, Cardiac, Cardio-
Heart
Renal, nephric, Nephro-
Kidney
Cheil-, Labi-
Lip
Hepatic, Hepato-
Liver
Pulmonary, Pulmonic
Lungs
Oral, Os, Stoma, Stomat-
Mouth
Muscle
Myo-
Ungual
Nail bed
Cervix, Cervical, Cervico-
Neck
Penile
Penis
Perito-
Peritoneum
Rectal
Rectum
Derma-, Integumentum
Skin
Splen-
Spleen
Gastric, Gastro-
Stomach
Orchio-, Orchido-
Testicle
Cysti-, Cysto-
Urinary bladder
Hystera-, metra
Uterus
Vulvo-
Vulva
-algia
-dynia
pain
-emia
blood condition
-ia
condition, disease
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy
seizure or attack
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-sclerosis
hardening
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
breaking open
-centesis
puncture, aspiration
-ectomy
surgical removal
-genic
producing, forming
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
separation
-opsy
view of, vision
-plasty
surgical repair
-scopy
visual examination
-stomy
opening
-tomy
incision, cutting
A-
No, not, without
-uria
urine, urination
Ab-
away from
Ad-
toward, near
Ana-
up, apart
Ante-
pro, before, forward
Anti-
against
Auto-
self
Bi-
two
Brady-
deficient
Chromo-
color
Co-, Com-, Con-
with, together
Cyano-
Blue
De-
lack of, down
Deci-
one tenth
Dia-
through, between
Dis-
apart, away from
Dys-
bad, painful
Ec-, Ecto-
outside
Endo-
within, in, inner
Epi-
above, upon
Ex-
out
Extra-
outside of
Erythro-
red
Hemi-
half
Hexa-
six
Hyper-
excess, above
Hypo-
below, deficient
Infra-
below, beneath
Intra-
within
Leuko-
white
Macro-
large
Mal-
bad
Melano-
black
Meta-
change
Micro-
small
Mono-
one
Multi-
many
Neo-
new
Pan-
all
Para-
Near, alongside
Peri-
surrounding
Post-
after, behind
Pre-, Pro-, Pros-
before, forward
Poly-
many, much
Pseudo-
False
Re-
Back, again
Retro-
behind, backward
Sub-
Less than, beneath
Supra-
above, upper
Sym-, Syn-
with, together
Tachy-
Fast
Trans-
across, through
Tri-
three
Ultra-
beyond
Xanth-
yellow
-algia
pain
-dynia
pain
-emia
blood condition
-ia
condition, disease
-itis
inflammation
-lepsy
seizure or attack
-malacia
softening
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor, mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-pathy
disease
-penia
deficiency
-plegia
paralysis
-pnea
breathing
-sclerosis
hardening
-rrhage
bursting forth
-rrhea
flow, discharge
-rrhexis
breaking open
-centesis
puncture of
-ectomy
surgical removal
-genic
producing, forming
-graphy
process of recording
-lysis
separation
-opsy
view of, vision
-plasty
surgical repair
-scopy
visual examination
-stomy
opening
-tomy
incision, cutting
-ac, -iac
pertaining to
-al, -eal, -ial
pertaining to
-ar
pertaining to
-ary
pertaining to
-ella
small