| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cis/o; sect/o | to cut |
| col/o; colon/o | large intestine |
| cyst/o | cell |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| latr/o | treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye; vision |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot; clotting |
| ur/o | urine; urinary tract |
| a-; an- | no; not; without |
| brachy- | short |
| dia- | through; complete |
| dolicho- | long |
| endo- | in; within |
| epi- | above; on; upon |
| ex-; exo- | out; away from |
| extra- | outside |
| hyper- | above; excessive |
| hypo- | deficient; below; under; less than normal |
| in- | in; into; not |
| intra- | within; into |
| meso- | middle |
| pro- | before; forward |
| re- | back; again; backward |
| retro- | behind; back; backward |
| sub- | under; below |
| trans- | across; through |
| -ac; -al; -ic; -ical | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid or gas |
| -cyte | cell |
| -cytosis | increase in cell number |
| -drome | to run |
| -ectomy | removal; excision; resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | p.t. blood conditon |
| -genic | produced by or in |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -grapy | process of recording |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -oma | tumor; mass; fluid collection |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease condition; emotion |
| -scope | instrument for visual examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | incision; process of cutting into |
| BAR | bright, alert, responsive |
| BARH | bright, alert, responsive, hydrated |
| B/D; L/D | big dog; little dog |
| QAR | quite, alert, responsive |
| CCU | critical care unit |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| CWPM | continue with previous medication |
| DLH; DMH; DSH | domestic long hair; domestic medium hair; domestic short hair |
| DOA | Dead on arrival |
| DOB | date of birth |
| ER | emergency room |
| OR | operating room |
| GROS | gross review of systems |
| K-9 | canine |
| ISO | isolation unit |
| NAF | no abnormalities found |
| NSF | no significant findings |
| P/E | Physical examination |
| PPH | past pertinent history |
| R/O | rule out |
| SOAP | subjective, objective, assessment, plan |
| TPR(W) | temperature, pulse, respiration,(weight) |
| WNL | within normal limits |
| what does S stand for in SOAP? | Subjective; how the animal appears. |
| what does O stand for in SOAP? | Objective; Facts |
| what does A stand for in SOAP? | assessment; diagnosis for the doctor only |
| what does P stand for in SOAP? | plan; tech focus |
