Veterinary Terminology 1

What does -emia mean?

• Pertaining to ear

• Pertaining to blood

• Pertaining to chest

• Pertaining to removal

What suffix means to surgically remove?

• -cyte

• -olgy

• -ectomy

• -pnea

What does -cyte mean?

• tumor

• cell

• deficiency

• inflammation

What suffix means inflammation?

• -oma

• -penia

• -tomy

• -itis

What does -penia mean?

• deficiency

• tumor

• breathing

• study of

What does -logy mean?

• breathing

• study of

• abnormally large

• recording of

Which of the following means -oma?

• pertaining to

• oxygen

• tumor

• poison

Which of the following means instrument for examining?

• -pnea

• -scope

• -megaly

• -ist

What does -tomy mean?

• breathing

• one who studies

• cutting, incision

• birth

What suffix means breathing?

• -toxin

• -spasm

• -natal

• -pnea