Prefixes
oligo-
scant/little
Narco/o
sleep / numbness
-ectomy
surgical removal / excision
CNS
Central Nervous System
Hypoxia
diminished availability of oxygen to the body tissues
poly-
many/excessive
Necr/o
death / dying
-lysis
separation / breakdown / destruction
PNS
Peripheral Nervous System
Hepatomegaly
enlargement of the liver
ex- / exo-
without / out of / outside / away from
Hem/o or (Hemat/o)
blood
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas
Sx
Surgery
Epistaxis
bleeding from the nose
endo-
within / inside
Hepat/o
liver
-tomy
cutting into / inscision
IV
Intravenous
Bradycardia
slowness of the heartbeat, in dogs and cats to less than 60 beats per minute
intra-
within
Cardi/o
heart
-stomy
surgically created (new) opening
Dx
Diagnosis
Coprophagia
ingestion of dung or feces