Prefixes
Tachy-
What is fast, increased?
Otic
What is pertaining to the ear?
-osis
What is a disease?
MPL
What is medial patellar luxation?
Carcinoma
What is an invasive, malignant tumor that arises from epithelial tissues?
neuro-
What is nerve?
Lumbar
What is the portion of the back between the chest and pelvis?
-oxia
What is relating to oxygen?
QID
What is four times a day or every 6 hours?
Metastasis
What is the spread of disease from one organ to another?
Hemo-
What is blood?
Conjunctiva
What is the membrane that lines the inner eyelid and covers the exposed surface of the eyeball?
-megaly
What is abnormally large?
DKA
What is diabetic ketoacidosis?
Panleukopenia
What is a viral disease resulting in a decreased number of WBC?
Histo-
What is tissue?
Myocardium
What is the muscle layers of the heart wall?
-plegia
What is paralysis?
PLE
What is protein-losing enteropathy?
Pneumothorax
What is air in the plueral cavity?
Mal-
What is bad, diseased, or impaired?
Pleural Cavity
What is the space within the thoracic cavity between the thoracic organs and the body wall?
-opia
What is relating to vision?
ATE
What is aortic thromboembolism (saddle thrombus)?
Aerophagia
What is swallowing air?