Veterinary Terminology & Abbreviations
The word part found at the end of a veterinary medical term.
What is a suffix?
A person who has earned a Bachelor's degree in veterinary technology.
What is a veterinary technologist?
The government entity responsible for enforcing a state's Veterinary Practice Act.
What is the state Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners?
Equipment that is worn to protect a caregiver or a patient from passing infectious agents to each other, or to protect an employee from something harmful.
What is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)?
Behaviors developed based off an animal's life experiences.
What is character?
Directional term meaning "toward the body on an extremity".
What is proximal?
A room to keep patients with infectious diseases away from other animals.
What is an isolation ward?
The relationship that must be established before a veterinarian can prescribe treatments or medications for an animal.
A disease that can be transmitted between humans and animals.
What is a zoonotic disease?
Body postures and positions that can give insight on how an animal is feeling and how they may react to a caregiver.
What is body language?
Medical term that means "inflammation of the stomach".
What is gastritis?
The organization that administers the Veterinary Technician National Examination.
What is the AAVSB?
A law that protects people from discrimination during the hiring, promotion and firing process.
What is Equal Employment Opportunity?
An infection that a patient acquires while in a hospital.
What is a nosocomial infection?
A dog that is licking its lips, turning its head away and wagging the tip of its tail.
What is a scared, fearful dog?
The abbreviation that means "both eyes".
What is OU?
Restricts the use of the title of veterinary technician to an individual who has met the state's criteria for credentialing.
What is title protection?
A set of laws that determines how and who can practice veterinary medicine within a state.
What is a state's Veterinary Practice Act?
A type of hazard label that uses pictograms to warn a user of potential harms associated with a chemical.
What is the Globally Harmonized System?
A cat that is flicking its tail, stalking and chattering.
What is an excited, playful cat?
Abbreviation that refers to a "drop" of a medication like eye drops.
What is gtt?
A state in which credentialing of veterinary technicians is regulated by the state.
What is a regulated jurisdiction?
A rule that is made to further specify or interpret a law.
What is a regulation?
An informational sheet that includes important details about a chemical such as its health hazards, flammability and first aid measures for exposures.
What is a Safety Data Sheet?
A cat walking with its tail held straight up with a slight bend at the tip.
What is a calm, relaxed cat?