Medical Terminology Doodles

a-, an- without, not

ab- away from

abdomin/o, celi/o abdomen

acid/o acid, sour, bitter

acoust/o hearing, sound

acr/o extreme, top, extremities

acu- needle, sharp, severe

ad- toward, near

adip/o fat

aer/o air, gas

agit/o rapidity, restlessness

agora- marketplace

alb/o, albin/o white

alges/o pain sensitivity

-algia pain

allo- other, different

ambi- around, on both sides, about

ambul/o to walk

ana- up, backward, against, excessive

andr/o male, masculine

aneurysm/o sac formed by dilation of blood vessel

angi/o vessel

ankyl/o stiff, crooked, bent, looped around

anter/o, ante- before, forward, front

anti-, contra- against, opposite, controversy

aque/o water

arch-, -arche first

arteri/o artery

arthr/o joint

articul/o joint

aspir/o, aspirat/o inhale

-asthenia, asthen/o weakness

ather/o fatty substance, plaque

audi/o, audit/o hearing

aur/o, auricul/o ear

auto- self

aux/o growth, acceleration

bacteri/o bacteria

-basia walking

bi- two

bibli/o books

bio-, bi/o life, living

blast/o, -blast early embryonic stage, immature

brachi/o arm

brachy- short

brady- slow

burs/o bursa

calor/i heat

carcin/o cancer

cardi/o heart

carp/o wrist

cata- down, under

cathar/o, cathart/o cleansing, purging

-cathisia, -kathisia sitting

cavit/o, cav/o hollow, cavity

-cele hernia, swelling

celi/o abdomen

centr/o center

cerebell/o, cerebr/o cerebellum, cerebrum, brain

cervic/o neck, cervix

chem/o chemically, chemistry

chlor/o green

chondr/o cartilage

chrom/o color

circum- around

col/o colon/large intestines

contra- against, opposite

cortic/o cortex

cost/o rib

crani/o skull

cry/o cold

cyan/o blue

cyst/o bladder, cyst

dactyl/o digit (finger or toe)

dent/i tooth

derm/o, dermat/o skin

di- two

dia- through, throughout

dipl/o double

dips/o thirst

dis- apart, to separate

dist/o distant

drom/o, -drome running

-dynia pain

dys- bad, difficult, painful

ec-, ecto- outside, out

-edema swelling

electr/o electricity

-emia blood condition

en-, endo- inside, within

encephal/o brain

enter/o intestines (small intestines)

epi- above, over, upon

equi- equality, equal

erythr/o red

eu- good, normal, well

ex- out, away from

exo- outside, outward

extra- outside

faci/o face

fibr/o fiber, fibrous

flav/o yellow

flex/o, flect/o bend

fore- before, in front

funct/o performance

gangli/o, ganglion/o ganglion

gastr/o stomach

-gen, gen/o, -genesis production, formation

gluc/o glucose, sugar

goni/o angle

-grade step

-gram written record

-graph instrument for recording

-graphy process of recording

hem/o, hemat/o blood

hemi- half

hepat/o liver

hetero- different, other

homo-, home/o same, similar, constant

hydr/o water, hydrogen

hyper- above, excessive, beyond

hypo- under, deficient, below

iatr/o treatment, physician

-ician specialist

inter- between

intra- within

-ist, -logist specialist

-itis inflammation

jaund/o yellow

kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinet/o movement

later/o side

-lepsy seizure

leuk/o white

ligament/o ligament

lip/o fat

lith/o stone, calculus

log/o word, speech, thought

-logy study of

-lysis dissolution, breakdown

-malacia softening

-mania madness, obsessive, preoccupation

medi/o middle

mega-, macr/o million (106), very large number, big

-megaly enlargement

mel/o limbs, limb

melan/o black

meso- middle

meta- after, beyond, change

-meter instrument for measuring

-metry process of measuring

micro- one millionth (10–6), small

mono- one

multi- many, much

my/o, myos/o muscle

myel/o marrow, spinal cord

narc/o numbness, stupor

necr/o death

neo- new

nephr/o kidney

neur/o nerve

noct/i night

-noia mind, will

nutri/o, nutrit/o nourish

ocul/o eye

odont/o tooth

-oid resembling

-ole, olig/o little, small

olfact/o smell

-oma tumor, mass

-opsy to view

orth/o straight, normal, correct

-osis condition, status, abnormal increase

oste/o bone

ot/o ear

pachy- thick

pale/o old

palliat/o soothe, relieve

para- alongside, near, beyond, abnormal

-paresis partial paralysis

path/o disease

-pause cessation, pause, rest, linger

ped/o foot, child

-penia deficiency

peri- around

-pexy fixation

phleb/o vein

-phobia, phob/o fear, aversion

phon/o, -phonia voice, sound

phot/o light

physi/o, physic/o physical or chemical in nature

-physis growth,

-plasty surgical correction/repair

-plegia paralysis

pneum/o, -pnea lung, air, breathe

pod/o foot

poly- many, much

-porosis porous, decrease in density

-posia drinking

post- after, behind

poster/o behind, toward the back

-praxia action, activity

pre-, fore- before, in front of

pro-, ante before

pseudo- false

psor/o itching

psych/o mind

-ptosis prolapse, drooping

pulmon/o, pneum/o lung

-puncture to pierce a surface

py/o pus

pyr/o heat, fire, fever

pyrex/o feverishness, fever

quadr/i, tetra- four

radi/o x-ray, radiation

re- back, again

relaps/o to slide back

ren/o kidney

respir/o, respirat/o breathe, breathing

retr/o backward

rhin/o nose

rhythm/o rhythm

-rrhagia, -rrhage, -rrhea excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge

-rrhaphy suture

-rrhexis rupture

scler/o hard

-scope, -scopy to view or observe

semi- half

somn/i sleep

-spasm, spasm/o involuntary contraction

spin/o, spondyl/o vertebrae, spinal column

spongi/o sponge-like, spongy

-stalsis, -tasis contraction

-stasis standing still, standing

-stat device/instrument for keeping something stationary

sten/o hardening

stomat/o mouth

-stomy surgically created opening

strict/o to tighten, bind

sub- under, beneath

super- above, beyond

supra- above, beyond

sym-, syn- with, together

syndesm/o ligament, connective tissue

tachy- fast, rapid, swift

-taxia, tax/o arrangement, coordination

therm/o heat

thromb/o thrombus

tom/o, -tome a cutting (section/layer), instrument to cut

-tomy surgical incision, to cut

tox/o, toxic/o poison

trans- across

tri- three

-trophy nutrition of muscles or organs

-type, typ/o class, representative form

ultra- beyond, excess

un- not, reversal

uni- one

ur/o, urin/o urine

vas/o, vascul/o vessel, blood vessel, vas deferens

ven/o vein

vertebr/o vertebra

vestibul/o space, cavity before a canal

vir/o virus

xanth/o yellow

xer/o dryness

zoo- animal