THE UNOFFICIAL VET TECH DICTIONARY: 200+ Terms They Definitely Forgot to Teach You in School
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"Quick question." phr. It is not. Veterinary school teaches you anatomy, pharmacology and anesthesia. It does not teach you what "he never bites" actually means, why every emergency arrives at 4:55 pm, or how two kilograms of chihuahua can hold an entire treatment room hostage. The Unofficial Vet Tech Dictionary is a straight-faced A–Z of the other vocabulary of veterinary medicine: 224 definitions of the words, phrases and daily disasters that make up life in practice. A few entries from inside: Scrubs n. pl. A uniform issued clean and returned as evidence. Appointment time n. The approximate moment a client begins considering leaving their house. Cage rest n. Six weeks of instructions and approximately four days of compliance. Vet tech n. The person who does everything, introduced to the client as the assistant. Euthanasia n. The hardest kindness in the building. What's inside: 224 entries, A to Z, with mock pronunciations and cross-references The clients, the patients, the phone, the crash trolley, the paperwork Dry, deadpan humor, and a few entries that are not funny at all, because the job isn't either Short enough to read on a break. Assuming you get one. (See BREAK.) A gift for veterinary technicians and nurses, vet assistants, receptionists, kennel and ward staff, new graduates, vet students, and anyone who has ever skipped lunch to hold a cat for a blood draw. Works for birthdays, graduations, Vet Tech Week, secret Santa and end-of-shift survival. Not medically accurate. Not professionally approved. Recognized instantly by anyone who has worked a shift. Read more
Publisher : Independently published
Publication date : August 9, 2026
Language : English
Print length : 62 pages
ISBN-13 : 36
Item Weight : 5.1 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.16 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #60,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #7 in Small Animal Veterinary Medicine (Books) #25 in Veterinary Encyclopedias
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