Animal Help: Veterinary Dictionary

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Confounded by the meaning of a particular term used by your Veterinarian? Can't seem to make sense of a particular acronym? If so, you've come to the right place! The AnimalHelp.com Veterinary Dictionary is a comprehensive reference guide to technical, abbreviated and commonly used terms relating to the field of Veterinary Medicine.

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Vet Vocabulary

weightbearing lame
the lameness is not caused by movement of the limb but by putting weight on it.
Iridectomy
excision of part of the iris.
Febrile
Fever or feverish
Atrium
The two hollow upper chambers of the heart which receive blood, known as right atria and left atria.
Nictitating Membrane
The third eyelid which protects the eye from injury or illness.
Contuse
to bruise; to injure witout breaking the skin.