VETERINARY VOCABULARY Flashcards
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Ribosomes
A
Ribosomas
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Nucleus
A
Núcleo
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Cytoplasm
A
Citoplasma
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Mitochondrion
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Mitocondria
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Main
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Principal
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Root
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The main part of the word that tipically comes from a Greek or Latin word meaning a certain body part.
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Cardi -
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Heart
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Cerebr -
A
Brain
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Cerebr -
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Brain
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Cyst -
A
Bladder (vejiga)
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Derm (at) -
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Skin
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Enter -
A
Intestines
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Gastr -
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Stomach
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Hemat -
A
Blood
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Hepat -
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Liver
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Leuk -
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White
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Myelon -
A
Bone marrow (médula ósea).
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Necr -
A
Death
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Nephr -
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Kidney (riñon)
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Pneum (on / at) -
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Lung (pulmones), air.
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Thromb -
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Clot (coágulo)
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Thorac -
A
Chest
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Prefix
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The prefix comes before the root word.
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Anti / contra -
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Against
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Dys -
Difficult, labored, painfull, abnormal.
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Extra -
Outside, beyond (más allá de...)
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Hyper -
Above (sobre, encima de, por encima), beyond, excessive.
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Hypo -
Under, deficient
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Meta -
After, beyond, change.
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Multi -
Many
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Suffix
The suffix comes after the root word or words to give important meaning to the root.
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Ectomy -
Cut out (like surgical removal of something)
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Ia -
Disease or abnormal state.
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Ites / itis -
Inflammation
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Lysis -
Loosening (relajación, aflojamiento), dissolution, separating.
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Megaly -
Enlargement.
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Odynia -
Pain
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Pathy -
Disease
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Ptosis -
Dropping (caído, colgante), sagging (hundido), prolapse.
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Rrhea -
Discharge (secreción, disparo, descarga).
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Scopy / scopic -
To examine.
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Sepsis -
infection
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Stasis -
Control, stop.
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Combining vowel
The combining vowel links two root words or a root word and a suffix sort of like "and" in a sentence (typically the letter "O" or the letter "A").
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Encephalitis
Root word: Encephal (brain).
Suffix: itis (inflammation).
