Common Abbreviations

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Common Abbreviations

• In Veterinary Medicine
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1. American Hospital Association
2. Antibody antiobiotics
3. Arterial blood gas
4. Angiotensin-converting enzyme
5. Adrenocorticotropic hormone
6. Antidiuretic hormone

1. Freely, as wanted
2. Aint Doin Right
3. Antigen
4. Albumin-globulin ratio
5. Albumin
6. Alkaline Phosphatase
7. Alkaline Amino Transferase

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1. Antinuclear Antibody
2. Anterior-posteriorarterial pressure
3. Activated partial thromboplastin time
4. Acute Renal Failure
5. Arrythmia

1. As soon as possible
2. Atrioventricular
3. Atrioventricular as in first-, second-, third-
   degree AV block
4. Bright, alert, and responsive
5. Blood-brain barrier

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1. Twice daily
2. Bovine leukosis virus
3. Bowel Movement
4. Basal Metabolic rate
5. Blood pressure
6. Bovine respiratory disease

1. Bovine respiratory syncytial virus
2. Body surface area
3. Blue tongue
4. Blood urea nitrogen
5. Phenylbutazone
6. Bovine virus diarrhea
7. Body weight

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1. Culture and sensitivity
2. Cervical spine
3. Calcium
4. Carcinoma coronary artery cardiac arrest
5. Canine adenovirus type 1
6. Complete blood count
7. Cubic centimeter

1. Canine distemper
2. Congestive heart failure
3. Cholesterol
4. Canine hepatitis virus
5. Chloride
6. California mastitis test
7. Central nervous system

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1. Serum creatine phosphokinase
2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3. Creatine
4. Chronic renal failure corticotropin-releasing
   factor

1. Capillary refill time cathode-ray tube
2. Cerebrospinal fluid colony-stimulating factor
3. Central venous pressure
4. Direct bilirubin
5. 5 dextrose in water

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1. Differential diagnosis
2. Diethylstilbestrol
3. Canine distemper-hepatitis-leptospirosis vaccine
4. Disseminated intravascular coagulation

1. Degenerative joint disease
2. Domestic longhair
3. Diabetes mellitus
4. Dimethyl sulfoxide
5. Dead on arrival
6. Domestic Short hair

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1. Dermatophyte test medium
2. Dorsal ventral
3. Diagnosis
4. Extracellular fluid
5. Electrocardiogram
6. Echocardiogram

1. Ethylenediaminetetra-acetic acid
2. Eastern equine encephalomyelitis
3. Electroencephelogram
4. Eyes, ears, nose, throat
5. Equine herpes virus
6. Equine infectious anemia

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1. Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbant assay
2. Electromyogram
3. Emergency room
4. Electroretinogram
5. Fluorescent antibody fatty acids

1. Foreign Body
2. Feline lukemia Virus
3. Feline Infectious peritonitis
4. Feline immunodeficiency virus
5. Feline panleukopenia virus

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1. Follicle stimulating hormone
2. Fever of unknown origin
3. Feline urologic syndrome
4. Feline viral rhinotracheitis
5. Fracture

• Gram
• Gallon
• Gastric dilation volvulus
• Glomerular filtration rate
• Gamma-glutamyltransferase
• Gastrointestinal

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1. Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone
2. Hour
3. Hemoglobin
4. Hit by car
5. Hematocrit
6. Heart Rate
7. History

1. Indirect bilirubin
2. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
3. Intracardiac
4. Intracellular fluid
5. Infectious canine hepatitis
6. Intensive care unit

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1. Intradermal
2. Intramuscular
3. Intranasal
4. Intraocular pressure
5. Intraperitoneal
6. Intratracheal
7. International unit
8. Intravenous

1. Intravertebral disc disease
2. Intravenous pyelogram
3. Potassium
4. Canine
5. Kilocalorie
6. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

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1. Kilogram
2. Left
3. Left bundle branch block
4. Left displaced abomasum
5. Lactate dehydrogenase
6. Lymph node
7. Lactated ringers solution

1. Lymphosarconoma
2. Meter squared
3. Mean arterial pressure
4. Microgram
5. Microliter
6. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

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1. Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration
2. Mast cell tumor
3. Mean corpuscular volume
4. Mean electrical axis
5. Milliequivalents

1. Magnesium
2. Mitral insufficiency or myocardial insufficiency
   myocardial infarction
3. Minimal inhibitory concentration
4. Milliliter
5. Modified live virus

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1. Mucous membrane
2. Magnetic resonance imaging
3. Sodium
4. No change
5. Nothing per os (nothing by mouth)
6. Nucleated red blood cell

1. No significant findings
2. Obstetrics
3. Osteochondritis dissecans
4. Right Eye (Occulas dexter)
5. Orthopedic foundation for animals

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1. Ovariohysterectomy (Spay)
2. Ovine progressive pneumonia
3. Left eye (ocular sinister)
4. Over the counter
5. Both eyes
6. Phosphorous

1. Third phalanx or coffin bone
2. Premature atrial contraction
3. Paroxymal atrial tachycardia
4. Packed cell volume
5. Patent ductus arteriosis

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1. Physical examination
2. Orally, or by mouth
3. Per os
4. Parts per million
5. Progressive retinal atrophy
6. Persistant right aortic arch

1. As necessary
2. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome
3. Pseudorabies virus
4. Physiologic saline
5. Parathyroid hormone
6. Put to sleep
7. Partial thromboplastin time

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1. Penile urethrostomy
2. Premature ventricular contraction
3. Every
4. Every 2 hours
5. Every 6 hours
6. Quantitative buffy coat
7. Every day

1. Every hour
2. Every other day
3. Right
4. Red blood cell
5. Right displaced abomasum
6. Reticulocyte
7. Rule out

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1. Rabies vaccination residual volume
2. Take (prescription)
3. Subcutaneous
4. Squamous cell carcinoma
5. Sorbitol dehydrogenase
6. Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase

1. Serum glutamic-pyruvate transaminase
2. Subjective, objective, assessment, plan
3. Specific gravity
4. Statum (immediately)
5. Signs, symptoms
6. Total Bilirubin

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1. Tablet
2. Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis
3. Thrice daily
4. Thoracolumbar vertebra
5. Tender loving care
6. Total Protein
7. Total parenteral nutrition

1. Temperature, pulse, respiration
2. Triglycerides
3. Thyroid-stimulating hormone
4. Treatment
5. Urinalysis
6. Upper respiratory infection

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1. Ultrasound
2. Urinary tract infection
3. Ventral dorsal
4. Vomiting and diarrhea
5. Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society

1. Ventricular premature contraction
2. Ventricular septal defect
3. White blood cell
4. Western equine encephalomyelitis
5. Within normal limits

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American Hospital Association

• AAHA
• Small animal Veterinary association providing
  veterinary professionals with resources
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Antibody antiobiotics

• Ab
• Destroys the growth of microorganisms
• The drug that destroys the growth of
  microorganisms
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Arterial blood gas

• ABG
• Blood test that determines concentration of
  oxygen, carbon dioxide, and bicarbonate
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme

• ACE
• Group of pharmaceuticals used to treat
  hypertension (high blood pressure), type 2
  diabetes, and heart failure.
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Adrenocorticotropic hormone

• ACTH
• Stimulates the adrenal cortex, essential to
  growth
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Antidiuretic hormone

• ADH
• Nine amino acid peptide found in most animals
  that reduces the amount of water lost in urine
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Freely-as wanted

• ad lib
• The definition is the name.
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Aint Doin Right

• ADR
• Slang used when you dont know exactly what is
  wrong but the animal is sick
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Antigen

• Ag
• Stimulates the production of antibodies
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Albumin-globulin ratio

• AG
• The ratio of albumin (water soluble proteins) to
  globulin (non water soluble proteins) in the
  urine, which indicates a variety of diseases such
  as those of the liver and kidneys
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Albumin

• ALB
• Water soluble proteins that make up about 60 of
  the plasma in blood, maintains osmotic pressure
  necessary for intravasular blood transfer
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Alkaline Phosphatase

• ALK PHOS
• ALP
• Group of enzymes found in the liver, measuring
  them checks for bone and liver disease
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Alkaline Amino Transferase

• ALT
• An enzyme which promotes transfer of an amino
  group, high levels could mean liver disease
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Antinuclear Antibody

• ANA
• Antibodies present in higher that normal numbers
  in autoimmune disease
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Anterior-posteriorarterial pressure

• AP
• Front to back
• The difference between the systolic and diastolic
  pressures (upper and lower pressures) for blood
  pressure
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Activated partial thromboplastin time

• APTT
• A test that measures how long it takes blood to
  clot and if the right amount of heparin is being
  used
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Acute Renal Failure

• ARF
• Rapid loss of kidney function due to damage to
  the kidneys, results in retaining urea and
  creatine that are normal excreted.
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Arrythmia

• ARR
• When the electrical activity of the heart (the
  heart beat) is irregular as in faster or slower
  than regular
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As soon as possible

• ASAP
• As Quickly as you can
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Atrioventricular

• AV
• Of or pertaining to the atria and ventricals of
  the heart
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Atrioventricular as in first-, second-, third-
degree AV block

• AV block
• Occurs when impulses fail to reach the ventricles
  or are conducted with a delay
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Bright, alert, and responsive

• BAR
• When the animal looks healthy and alert and acts
  appropriately to stimulus.
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Blood-brain barrier

• BBB
• Membranic structure that protects the brain from
  chemicals in the blood while maintaining
  metabolic function
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Twice daily

• bid
• Two times during the day
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Bovine leukosis virus

• BLV
• Retrovirus that causes malignant lymphoma, signs
  are weight loss, , decreased milk production,
  enlarged lymph nodes, loss of appetite, rear-limb
  weakness or paralysis, fever, protruding
  eyeballs, gastrointestinal obstruction, heart
  failure, and abnormal blood lymphocyte count
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Bowel movement

• BM
• Solid feces in the large intestine that is formed
  after salts and water are absorbed
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Basal metabolic rate

• BMR
• Amount of energy expended at rest in a neutral
  environment
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Blood pressure

• BP
• The tension of blood on the walls of the
  arteries.
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Bovine respiratory disease

• BRD
• Shipping fever or pneumonia
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Bovine respiratory syncytial virus

• BRSV
• A virus causing lung disease in the bovine and
  producing syncytial (large section of cytoplasm
  containing many nuclei) lesions
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Body surface area

• BSA
• A calculation of the metabolic mass of an animal
  for purposes of prescribing the correct dose of
  medication. Every animal follows a different
  formula.
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Blue tongue

• BT
• Insect borne virus of ruminants that causes
  fever, facial swelling, a blueness in the tongue.
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Blood urea nitrogen

• BUN
• Measures the amount of nitrogen in your blood
  produced by the waste product urea, shows how
  well the kidneys are working.
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Phenylbutazone

• BUTE
• Used as a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  for the treatment of chronic pain, including the
  symptoms of arthritis. Its use is limited by such
  severe side effects as suppression of white blood
  cell production and aplastic anemia.
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Bovine virus diarrhea

• BVD
• Symptoms can be ulcerative mucosal lesions and
  diarrhea, can be passed to the fetus, is often
  undetectable, and weakens the immune system
  making the animal more vulnerable to other health
  issues.
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Body weight

• BW
• The mass of an organisms body
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Culture and sensitivity

• C S
• Test that determines the type of bacteria in a
  wound and the type of antibiotic that will best
  inhibit its growth
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Cervical spine

• C-Spine
• 7 vertebrae that start at the beginning of the
  skull
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Calcium

• Ca
• Element and mineral that makes up the hard part
  of bones
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Carcinoma coronary artery cardiac arrest

• CA
• Malignant cancer that rises from epithelial cells
• Left and right arteries that supply blood to the
  heart.
• Sudden cessation of blood flow due to the failure
  of the heart to contract during systole
  (contraction that pushes blood out)
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Canine Adenovirus type 1

• CAV-1
• Infects major organs causing hepatitis and other
  diseases
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Complete Blood Count

• CBC
• Broad screen of the parts of blood to test for
  infections, anemia, and other diseases
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Cubic Centimeter

• cc
• 1 centimeter X 1 centimeter X 1 centimeter, equal
  to 1 milliliter, used to measure doses of liquid
  medication
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Canine Distemper

• CD
• Canine distemper is a contagious, incurable,
  often fatal, multisystemic viral disease that
  affects the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and
  central nervous systems. It is caused by the
  canine distemper virus
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Congestive heart failure

• CHF
• Heart failure heart cannot pump enough blood to
  the other organs
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Cholesterol

• CHOL
• Soft, waxy substance found among the lipids in
  the bloodstream and in all your body's cells.
  Used to form cell membranes, some hormones and is
  needed for other functions. Too much can
  contribute to heart failure
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Canine hepatitis virus

• CHV
• Acute liver infection caused by adenovirus type
  1. Symptoms include fever, depression, loss of
  appetite, coughing, and a tender abdomen
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Chloride

• Cl-
• Anions important to the health of the central
  nervous system
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California mastitis test

• CMT
• Measures somatic cells to determine if an animal
  has mastitis, mastitis can occur in all animals
  including humans.
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Central nervous system

• CNS
• Made up of the brain and spinal cord.
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Serum creatine phosphokinase

• CPK
• An enzyme found in heart brain and skeletal
  muscle, when high levels of this are found in the
  blood it implies strain or injury to the heart.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

• CPR
• Use of chest compressions and rescue breathing to
  either start the heart beating again or to
  provide blood flow and oxygen to the body
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Creatine

• Creat
• Naturally occuring organic acid that helps supply
  energy to muscle and nerve cells
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Chronic renal failure corticotropin-releasing
factor

• CRF
• Failure of the kidneys that slowly gets worse
  over time
• Chemical that stimulates the release of
  corticotropin, which in turn stimulates the
  adrenal cortex
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Capillary refill time cathode-ray tube

• CRT
• The rate at which blood refills empty capillaries
• Glass envelope containing an electron gun that
  can project an image
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Cerebrospinal fluid colony stimulating factor

• CSF
• Clear bodily fluid that surrounds the outside of
  the brain as well as between the hemispheres and
  in all the ventricular regions
• Glycoproteins that bind to stem cells and cause
  them to proliferate or differentiate Back

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Central venous pressure

• CVP
• Pressure of blood in the thoracic vena cava near
  the right atrium of the heart.
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Direct bilirubin

• D BILI
• Product of the breakdown of hemoglobin in the
  liver, used to diagnose liver or gall bladder
  problems
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5 dextrose in water

• D5W
• Nonionic liquid used in place of saline due to
  its ability to be used in almost any body space
  and absorb easily
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Differential diagnosis

• The distinguishing of a disease or condition form
  others presenting similar signs and symptoms
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Diethylstilbestrol

• A colorless crystaline synthetic compound used as
  a potent estrogen but contraindicated in
  pregnancy for its tendency to cause cancer or
  birth defects in offspring
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Canine distemper-hepatitis-leptospirosis vaccine

• A vaccine for distemper (a high contagious virus
  marked by fever, respiratory, gastrointestinal
  symptoms hepatitis marked by inflammation of the
  liver)
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

• Widely dispersed in a tissue, organ or the entire
  body
• Situated, performed, or occuring within or
  entering by way of vein
• To become thickened into a mass
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Degenerative joint disease

• Causing degeneration or wearing away of the joint
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Domestic long hair

• Breed of cat characterized by long hair
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Diabetes mellitus

• A variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism
  caused by a combination of hereditary and
  environmental factors
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Dimethyl sulfoxide

• A compound obtained as a by product in wood-pulp
  manufacture and is used as a solvent
• used in medicine as an anti-inflammatory
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Dead on arrival

• DOA
• Indicates that the animal was dead on arrival to
  the hospital
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Domestic short hair

• A breed of cat characterized by short hair
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Dermatophyte test medium

• A parasitic fungus on the skin, hair or
  fingernails
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Dorsal ventral

• Near the back and lower surface of an animal
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Diagnosis

• The act of identifying a disease based on signs
  or symptoms
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Extracellular fluid

• The fluid outside of a cell or cells in the body
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Electrocardiogram

• The tracing of an electrocardiograph used for
  recording the changes of electrical potential
  occurring during the heartbeat
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Echocardiogram

• The visual record makde by and echocardiograph
  used for examining the function the heart for
  abnormalities
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Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

• A white crystalline acid used as a chelating
  agent, a preservative, and in medicine as an
  anti-coagulant and in the treatment of lead
  poisoning
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Eastern equine encephelomyelitis

• Viral disorder carried by mosquitos
• contagious to horses and humans
• fatal disease of the central nervous system
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Electroencephelogram

• The tracing of brain waves made by an
  electroencephalograph
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Eyes, ears, nose, throat

• Specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of
  animals that in nearl all vertebrates is the
  image-forming organ of sight
• The characteristic vertebrate organ of hearing
• the part of the face that bears the nostrils and
  covers the anterior part of the nasil cavity
• the passage through the neck to the stomach and
  lungs
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Equine herpes virus

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Equine infectious anemia

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Enzyme-linked immunoabsorbant assay

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Electromyogram

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Emergency room

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Electroretinogram

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Fluorescent antibody fatty acids

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Foreign body

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Feline lukemia virus

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Feline infectious peritonitis

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Feline immunodeficiency virus

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Feline panleukopenia virus

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Follicle stimulating hormone

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Fever of unknown origin

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Feline urologic syndrome

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Feline viral rhinotracheitis

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Fracture

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Gram

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Gallon

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Gastric dilation volvulus

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Glomerular filtration rate

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Gamma-glutamyltransferase

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Gastrointestinal

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Gonadotrophin-releasing hormone

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Hour

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Hemoglobin

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Hit by car

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Hematocrit

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Heart rate

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History

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Indirect bilirubin

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Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis

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Intracardiac

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Intracellular fluid

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Infectious Canine Hepatitis

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Intensive care unit

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Intradermal

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Intramuscular

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Intranasal

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Intraocular pressure

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Intraperitoneal

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Intratracheal

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International Unit

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Intravenous

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Intravertebral disc disease

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Intravenous pyelogram

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Potassium

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Canine

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Kilocalorie

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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca

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Kilogram

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Left

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Left bundle branch block

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Left displaced abomasum

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Lactate dehydrogenase

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Lymph node

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Lactated ringers solution

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Lymphosarconoma

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Meter squared

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Mean arterial pressure

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Micogram

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Microliter

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

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Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

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Mast cell tumor

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Mean corpuscular volume

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Mean electrical axis

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Milliequivalents

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Magnesium

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Mitral insufficiency or myocardial insufficiency
myocardial infarction

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Minimal inhibitory concentration

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Milliliter

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Modified live virus

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Mucous membrane

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Magnetic resonance imaging

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Sodium

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No change

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Nothing per os (nothing by mouth)

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Nucleated red blood cell

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No significant findings

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Obstetrics

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Osteochondritis dissecans

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Right Eye (occulas dexter)

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Orthopedic foundation for animals

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Ovariohysterectomy (spay)

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Ovine progress pneumonia

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Left eye (occular sinister)

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Over the counter

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Both eyes

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Phophorous

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Third phalanx or coffin bone

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Premature atrial contraction

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Paroxymal atrial trachycardia

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Packed cell volume

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Patent ductus arteriosis

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Physical examination

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Orally, or by mouth

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Per os

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Parts per million

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Progressive retinal atrophy

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Persistant right aortic arch

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As necessary

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome

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Pseudorabies virus

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Physiologic saline

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Parathyroid hormone

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Put to sleep

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Partial thromboplastin time

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Penile urethrostomy

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Premature ventricular contraction

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Every

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Every 2 hours

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Every 6 hours

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Quantitative buffy coat

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Every day

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Every hour

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Every other day

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Right

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Red blood cell

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Right displaced abomasum

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Reticulocyte

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Rule out

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Rabies vaccination residual volume

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Take (prescription)

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Subcutaneous

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Squamous cell carcinoma

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Sorbitol dehydrogenase

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Serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase

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Serum glutamic-pyruvate transamine

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Subjective, objective, assessment, plan

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Specific gravity

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Statum (immediately)

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Signs, symptoms

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Total bilirubin

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Tablet

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Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis

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Thrice daily

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Thoracolumbar vertebra

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Tender loving care

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Total protein

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Total parenteral nutrition

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Temperature, pulse, respiration

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Triglycerides

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Thyroid-stimulating hormone

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Treatment

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Urinalysis

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Upper respiratory infection

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Ultrasound

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Urinary tract infection

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Ventral dorsal

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Vomiting and diarrhea

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Veterinary Emergency and Critical care society

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Vetricular premature contraction

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Ventricular septal defect

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White blood cell

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Western Equine encephalomyelitis

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Within normal limits

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