Root Words
Suffixes
Abbreviations
Directional Terms
Anything Goes
100

gingiv/o

gums

100

brady-

slow

100

bid

every 12 hours/twice daily

100

toward the head

cranial

100

What body part does an FHO deal with?

pelvis/hip/acetabulum

200

thorac/o

thorax

200

crypto-

hidden

200

dx

diagnosis

200

toward the belly 

ventral

200

What is an OVH?

spay

300

gnath/o

jaw

300

dys-

difficult, painful, abnormal

300

UA

urinalysis

300

the plane that splits cranial & caudal 

transverse

300

What part of the body does a GDV deal with?

stomach

400

hepat/o

liver

400

eu-

normal, good

400

TNTC

too numerous to count

400

away from the median plane

lateral 

400

What part of the body does KCS deal with?

eyes (dry eye)

500

angi/o

vessel

500

a-, an-

without or not having

500

PU/PD

polyuria, polydipsia

500

the backs of the legs above the carpus/tarsus 

caudal 

500

IMHA deals with what blood cell?

RBC's 

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