Week 1 Flashcards
Uria
Urination
Traumatic
Pertaining to injury
Ab
Away from
Abduction
Away from the midline
Emetic
Pertaining to vomiting
Dys
Difficult, painful or bad
Dysphagia
Difficulty eating or swallowing
Endo
Within or inside
Endocrine
Secrete internally
Endoparasite
Is an organism that lives within the body of the host
Hyper
Means elevated, higher, or more than normal
Hyperglycemia
Means elevated amounts of blood
Inter
Between
Intercostal
Between the ribs
Poly
Means many or excessive
Polyuria
Means excessive amount or frequency of urination
Pre
Means before
Preanesthetic
Pertaining to before anesthesia
Sub
Below, under or less
Sublingual
Under the tongue
A
Means without or no
Atraumatic
Means without injury
An
Without or no
Anuria
Absence of urine
Ad
Means toward
Adduction
Move toward the midline
Anti
Against
Antiemetics
Work against or prevent vomiting
Eu
Good, easy or normal
Euthyroid
Having a normally functioning thyroid
Ex or exo
Without, without, out of, outside or away from
Exocrine
To secrete externally (via a duct)
Ecto
Outside
Ectoparasite
An organism that lives on the outer surface of the host
Hypo
Means depressed, lower, or less than normal
Hypogylcemia
Depressed amounts of blood glucose
Intra
Within
Intramuscular
Within the muscle
Oligo
Scant or little
Oliguria
Scant amount of frequency of urination
Post
After
Postanesthetic
Pertaining to after anesthesia
Super and supra
Above, beyond or excessive
Supernumerary
More than the regular number
Suprascapular
Above the shoulder blade
Pre
Before
Preoperative
Before or preceding an operation
Peri
Around
Perioperative
Pertaining to the period around an operation or the period before, during, and after an operation
Post
After
Postoperative
After an operation
Epi
Upper
Extra
Outside
Infra
Below or beneath
Meta
Beyond
Per
Throughout
Trans
Across
Ultra
Above, increased, or more than normal
Arthroscope
An instrument used to visually examine the joint
Gastritis
Inflammation of the stomach