Medical Terminology

• Chlor/o

  green
• cyan/o

  blue
• erythr/o

  red
• Leuk/o

  white
• Melan/o

  black
• Xanth/o-, Flav/o-, Jaund/o-

  yellow
• Macro-

  large; visible to naked eye
• Micro-


  small; not visible to naked eye
• Hyper-


  high; above norm; elevated
• Hypo-

  low; below norm; decreased
• Eu-/Normo

  normal
• Pan-/Omni

  all
• A-/An-

  absent; lacking
• Meaglo-

  large; larger than avg
• Mono-

  single; singular
• Di-


  two, double
• Quad- 


  four, quadruple
• Poly-

  many; a lot
• Oligo-

  few; several; very little
• Tachy-

  rapid; fast
• Brady-

  slow
• Epi-/ Peri-/ Circum


  around
• Endo-/Intra-

  inside; inner; interior
• Exto-/Extra-

  outside; outer; exterior
• Inter-


  between
• Trans-


  across
• Dia-/Per-


  through; complete
• Medi(o/a)

  middle
• Para

  nearby
• Juxta

  next to; beside; adjacent
• Ab-

  away
• Ad-

  toward
• Dis-

  to separate
• Homeo-

  body
• Cephalo-


  head
• Cerv-


  neck
• Thoraco-


  chest
• Abdomino-


  abdominal
• Pelvo/i-


  Pelvic
• Periton-


  peritoneum