Veterinary Medical Terminology Quiz

Veterinary Medical Terminology

• The presentation is about veterinary medical terminology, presented by Dr. Sherine Abbas.

Categories of Medical Terms

• Descriptive: These terms describe characteristics like color, size, shape, and function.
  • Example: Placenta: flat cake.
• Eponyms: These terms are named after individuals (e.g., people who discovered or studied them).
  • Example: Fallopian tube (named after Gabriello Falopio).

Basics of Medical Terms

• Word root: Refers to the central meaning of the term.
• Prefix: A word part added at the beginning, typically indicating number, time, or location.
• Suffix: A word part added at the end, often indicating disease or disorder.

Basics of Medical Term

• Medical terms are composed of three basic parts: prefix, base word or root, and suffix

Myo carditis

• Myo carditis: Inflammation in the heart muscle.
• Prefix: The part before the word root.
• Root: The main part of the word.
• Suffix: The part after the word root.

Combining Vowel

• A single vowel (often "o") is added between the root and suffix to make terms easier to pronounce.

Root Word Examples

• Cardio-: Heart
• Cephalo-: Head
• Dento-: Teeth
• Naso-:‌ Nose
• Hydro-: Water
• Mammo-: Mammary gland
• Ophthalmo-: Eye
• Ot-* Ear
• Thoraco-: Thorax
• Tracheo-: Trachea
• Dermo-: Skin
• Entero-: Intestine
• Cyano-: Blue
• Erythro-: Red blood cell
• Hepato-: Liver

Prefix Examples

• An-: Not, without -Example: Anuria: absence of urine.
• Ab-: Away from (Example: abduction).
• Ad-: Toward (Example: adduction).
• Endo-: Within or inside (Example: endocrine gland).
• Exo-: Out of (Example: exocrine gland).
• Dys-: Difficult, painful (Example: Dysphagia).
• Anti-: Against (Example: Antiemetic).
• Brady-: Slow (Example: Bradycardia).
• Hyper-: Elevated, higher (Example: Hypertension).
• Hypo-: Depressed, lower (Example: Hypoglycemia).
• Pan-: All (Example: Panleukopenia).

Prefix Examples

• A-: Without (Example: Atrumatic).
• Inter-: Between (Example: Intercostal).
• Intra-: Within (Example: Intramuscular).
• Poly-: Many, excessive (Example: Polyuria).
• Oligo-: Scant, little (Example: Oligouria).

Suffix Examples

• -ac: Pertaining to (Example: cardiac).
• -al: Pertaining to (Example: Renal).
• -an: Pertaining to (Example: Ovarian).
• -eal: Pertaining to (Example: Laryngeal).
• -ic: Pertaining to (Example: Enteric).
• -ectomy: Surgical removal (Example: Gasterectomy).
• -centesis: Surgical puncture (Example: Cystocentesis).
• -itis: Inflammation (Example: Tonsillitis)
• -pathy: Disease (Example: Enteropathy)
• -megaly: Enlargement (Example: Hepatomegaly).
• -osis: Abnormal condition (Example: Atherosclerosis).
• -penia: Deficiency (Example: Cytopenia).

Suffix Examples (Double "r" Suffix)

• -rrhea: Discharge (Example: Diarrhea, Hemorrhage).
• -rrhage: Bursting forth (Example: Hemorrhage).

Analyzing Medical Terms

• Dissect the term into components (root, prefix, and suffix).
• Start with defining the suffix, then prefix, and lastly, the root.

Panleukopenia

• Pan-: All

• Leuk/o-: White blood cell

• -penia: Deficiency

• Panleukopenia: a deficiency of all types of white blood cells.

Male - Female - Young Animals

• Provides a list of common animals with their male, female, and young forms.

Family of Animals (Male, Female, Baby)

• Presents a table organizing domesticated animals by family, including their male, female, and baby forms.