AGENESIS - Incomplete or imperfect development.
ALOPECIA - Partial or complete loss of hair.
ANOREXIA - Absence of appetite.
ANTIGEN - Any substance that stimulates the production of antibody or reacts with antibody.
ARBOVIRUS - A virus transmitted by blood-sucking arthopods (e.g., mosquitoes and ticks).
ARTHROGRYPOSIS - Rigid fixation of the joints; usually in flexion but occasionally in extension.
ASCITES - An abnormal accumulation of serous (watery) fluid in the abdominal cavity.
ATROPHY - Reduction in size of a previously normal-sized organ.
BRACHYGNATHISM - An abnormally shortened lower jaw.
CROUPOUS MEMBRANE (synonym— diptheric membrane) - A fibrinous exudate that is readily loosened from the underlying tissue.
DERMIS - Layer of connective tissue between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissue.
DIPTEROUS - Denotes an insect having two wings.
DYSCRASIA - A morbid condition, especially involving imbalances of essential bodily fluid components.
DYSPNEA - Difficult or labored breathing.
ECCHYMOTIC HEMORRHAGE - An area of hemorrhage somewhat larger than a petechia.
EMPHYSEMATOUS - Denotes accumulation of air in tissues or organs — especially applied to abnormal accumulations of air in the lungs.
ENDEMIC - Denotes a disease that occurs more or less constantly in any locality.
ENTEROCOLITIS - Inflammation of the small and large intestine.
ENZOOTIC - Denotes a disease present in a community at all times but that affects only a small number of animals.
EOSINOPENIA - A state of having a subnormal number of eosinophilic leukocytes in the blood.
EPENDYMA - The lining membrane of the cerebral ventricles and central canal of the spinal cord.
EPENDYMITIS - Inflammation of the ependyma.
EPIDEMIC - An unusual prevalence of a disease affecting large numbers over a wide area.
EPIDEMIOLOGY (epizootiology) - The study of epidemics; the science of dealing with the various factors that determine the frequencies and distribution of an infectious disease.
EPIDERMIS - The protective outer layer of the skin.
EPIGASTRIC - Pertaining to the upper middle part of the abdomen, including the area over and in front of the stomach.
EPIZOOTIC - Attacking many animals of one kind in any region simultaneously; widely diffused and rapidly spreading.
EROSION - Loss of a surface area by inflammation or trauma; does not involve deeper tissues.
ERYTHROCYTE - A red blood cell.
EXANTHEMA - An eruption on the skin.
FASCIA LATA - The connective tissue surrounding the muscles of the thigh.
FETID - Having a foul odor.
FOMITES - Substances that absorb, hold, and transport infectious disease agents.
HEMATEMESIS - The vomiting of blood.
HEMATOPHAGOUS - Denotes a bloodsucking insect.
HEMOGLOBINURIA - The presence of hemoglobin in the urine.
HYDRANENCEPHALY - Complete or almost complete absence of the cerebral hemispheres. The space is filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
HYDROPERICARDIUM - Excessive collection of serous fluid in the pericardial sac.
HYDROTHORAX - Excessive collection of serous fluid in the thoracic cavity.
HYPEREMIA - An increased amount of blood in a part with distention of blood vessels.
HYPOPLASIA - Defective development of any tissue, organ, limb, etc.
HYPOPYON - A collection of pus in the anterior chamber of the eye.
HYPOTHERMIC - Denotes a subnormal temperature of the body.
INFARCT - A region of dead tissue due to a complete interference with blood flow.
INTRACEREBRAL - In the cerebral hemisphere of the brain.
INTRAERYTHROCYTIC - In the red blood cell.
KYPHOSIS - Convex curvature of the spine.
LAPAROTOMY - An operation opening the abdomen by an incision through the abdominal wall.
LEPTOMENINGITIS - An inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
LESION - An alteration in structure or function resulting from injury or disease.
LEUKOPENIA - A state of having a subnormal number of white blood cells in the blood.
LYMPHADENOPATHY- An enlargement of the lymph nodes.
MELENA - Black stools caused by bleeding in the stomach or small intestine.
MENINGOENCEPHALITIS - Inflammation of the brain and its membranes.
MICROENCEPHALY - A condition of having a smaller than normal brain.
MORBIDITY - The ratio of the number of sick animals to the total number of animals in the herd or flock.
MORTALITY - The ratio of the number of dead animals to the total number of animals in the herd or flock.
MUCOPURULENT - A creamy exudate consisting of mucus and cells (pus).
MUTAGEN - A substance that can cause a genetic change.
NECROTIC - Denotes a dead cell or group of cells in contact with living cells.
NYSTAGMUS - An oscillatory movement of the eyeballs.
OPHTHALMIA - An inflammation of the eye, especially one in which the conjunctiva is involved.
ORCHITIS - Inflammation of the testis.
PARENCHYMA - The essential or specialized part of an organ as distinguished from the supporting tissue.
PARESIS - A slight paralysis; weakness of a limb.
PARIETAL - Forming or situated on the wall.
PATHOGNOMONIC - Characteristic of a disease; denotes a factor distinguishing it from other diseases.
PERCUTANEOUS - Performed through the skin.
PETECHIAL HEMORRHAGES - Tiny hemorrhages not much larger than a point of a pin.
PHOTOPHOBIA - Intolerance or fear of light; hypersensitivity to light.
POLYARTICULAR - Affecting many joints.
PORENCEPHALY - Congenitally deficient development of the cerebral cortex and gray matter so that cystic cavities communicate with the brain surface.
PSEUDOMEMBRANE - A layer of fibrin that at times is dense and tough and forms a white or yellowish sheet over a surface.
PURULENT - Containing, consisting of, or forming pus.
RETINOPATHY - Any disease condition of the retina.
SCOLIOSIS - Lateral curvature of the spine.
SENTINEL - An animal used to detect the presence of a disease.
SEPTICEMIC - A systemic disease produced when a microorganism and its products are in the blood.
SEROSANGUINEOUS - Containing both serum and blood.
SPLENOMEGALY - Enlargement of the spleen.
STEATOSIS - Fatty degeneration.
SYNOVITIS - Inflamation of the lining of the joints.
THROMBOCYTOPENIA - A state of having a subnormal number of platelets in the blood.
TORTICOLLIS - Wryneck; a contraction of muscles in the neck resulting in an abnormal position of the head.
TRANSOVARIAL - Denotes passage through the egg to the next generation.
TRANSPLACENTAL - Passes through the placenta to the fetus.
TRANSSTADIAL - Passes from one stage of development to the next (e.g., nymphal to adult stage of the tick).
ULCERATION - A break in the continuity of the surface with exposure of the underlying tissue.
VASCULITIS - Inflammation of blood or lymph vessels.
VESICLE - A circumscribed cavity in the epidermis filled with serum, plasma, or blood and covered by a thin layer of epidermis that is greatly elevated above the surface.
VIREMIA - Presence of virus in the blood.
VIRULENCE - The disease producing power of a microorganism.
VISCERA - The internal organs of the body; especially those in the thoracic and abdominal cavities. |