Veterinary Medical Terminology (Verbal Roots)

audi/o-

hearing

bio-

life

caus-, caut-

burn

-clas-, clast

break

duct-

lead

-ectas-

dialate

-edem-

swelling

-esthes-

sensation

gen/o-

producing

-iatr/o-

treatment

kin/e-, kin/o-

movement, motion

-lysis, -lys/o-, -lytic

breaking down

-morph/o-

form, structure, shape

-op/ia, -ops/ia, -opsy

vision

-path-, -pathy

disease

-phage, phag/o-

eating

-phas-

speech

-phil

affinity, love for

-plegia

paralysis

-poiesis

formation, production

schist/o-, schiz/o-

split, cleft, division

spasm/o-

spasm

-stasis

standing still, stoppage

troph/o-

nourishment, food