Medical Nightmares

itis-

inflammation — See the eye test is in flames!

-osis

any condition — See the oasis has air conditioners all around it!

malacia-

soft — See the molasses with soft ice cream in it!

megal-

enlarged — See the megaphone become incredibly enlarged when you look at it!

-algia

pain — See the algae on the pond with a window pane floating on it!

-oma

tumor — See the children saying, "Oh Ma!, two more!"

plast-

surgical repair — See the surgeon repairing the plastic cement!

path-

disease — See the path covered with daisies!

-ologist

specialist — See the old log chest has a spatula coming out of it!

-ology

the study of — See the old log filled with cheese and the people making a study of it!

spasm

involuntary contraction — See the spaceman being forced to sign an involuntary contract!

-penia

deficiency — See the pen with the dead fish on it!

-oid

resemble — See the cans of oil resemble each other!

-scop-

observe — See everyone observing the telescope!

-gram

record — See the graham cracker made with a record between them!

-otomy

cut into — See the surgeon cut into the odd tomato!

ostomy-

creating an opening — The ostrich creates an opening in the tomato with his powerful beak!

ectomy-

surgical removal — See the tomato being surgically removed from the egg!

-lysis

loosened, destruction — See the license loosening and being destroyed!

rhexis

rupture — See the ruptured tires when you look at the wrecks!

-desis

binding — See the binding around the thesis!

-trophy

development — See the trophy with a housing development on it!

-ptosis

falling — See the toast falling off the table!

-dyn-

pain — See the waiter serving dinner through the windowpane!

-rrhaphy

suture/stitches — See the raffle with a suit bursting out of it!

-emsis

vomiting — See the mess because of vomiting!

-ectasis

expansion — See the egg with tassles holding x-pans!

-esthesia

feeling — See the field coming out of the seashell as you look at it!

-pexy

suspension — See the pigs wearing suspenders!

-cele

hernia — See the seal with a hairy knee!

-asthenia

weakness — See the teenager holding up a giant weekly calendar!

-tope

place — See the top spinning with a placemat on it!

-crine

to secrete — See the crime about to be committed; two courageous secretaries stop the crime.

-plegia

paralysis — See the people pledging allegiance and becoming paralyzed!

-rrhag(e)

burst, burst forth — See the raging river flowing with blood!

-rrhe(a)

flow — See the reed instrument with something flowing out of it.

-acusis

hearing — See a cue stick with a hearing aid on it!

phil-

attraction for — As you look at the Philadelphia cream cheese, see the tractor with a fork riding on it!

-ptysis

spitting — See the ties spitting!

-stasis

stop/standing — See the stop sign with a person standing on it!

a-

without, not — See the ape holding white-out tied with a knot!

an-

without, not — See the ant holding white-out tied with a knot!

auto-

self — See the auto that can drive itself!

bi-

two, double, both pair — See the bicycle has two wheels!

brady-

slow — See the girl's hair being braided so slowly she grows old!

dys-

bad — See the dice with a bat stuck through them!

hemi-

half — See the hemisphere broken in half!

hyper-

above, more than normal — See the cat high-purring above a more than normal number of cats on the church!

hypo-

under — See the hippo under the table!

inter-

between — See the interpreter. She is a bee in tweed!

intra-

within — See the intramural sports played within the building!

multi-

many — See the many vitamins pouring out of the bottle.

peri-

about, around — See the pear having a bout with a round pear!

poly-

many — See the shoe polish made of many colors!

post-

after — See the post office with someone arriving after it closed!

pre-

before — See the priest holding beef on an oar!

quad-

four, fourth — See the quads numbered one through four.

retr(o)-

backwards — See the men retreating riding backwards on horses!

semi-

half — See the semi-colon cut in half!

sub-

under — See the submarine sandwich under the water!

steno-

narrow, contracted — See the stenographer typing a narrow contract!

cheil-

lip — See the cow with human lips!

benign

mild, not cancerous — See the bee stinging the "9" that melts into a knot and falls into a can!

melan-

black — See the melon that is black!

onco-

tumor — See the image of uncle and see two more!

viscero-

organ — See the person on the vice rowing with organs!

sphenic-

wedge — See the sphinx shaped like a wedge!

anti-

against — See the ant's eye against the rock!

myco-

fungus — See "my comb" covered with fungus!

-plasia

development — See the image of play show developing film!

rug-

wrinkle, fold, crease — See the rug that is wrinkled, folded, and creased!

iso-

equal — See the lady saying, "I sew with a quail" as she sews with the quail!

malign-

bad — See "my leg" made of a baseball bat!

adnexa-

ties, connection — See the annex tied or connected to the main building with a rope!

lapar-

abdominal wall — See the lap holding an apple and a wall!

ment-

mind — See the two people pulling and fighting over the mint saying, "Mine! Mine!"!

somato-

body — See the man saying, 'I sew my toe onto my body"!

trachel-

neck — See the tray of coal with a neck sticking out of it!

hypno-

sleep — See the hypnotist putting himself to sleep!

scler(a)-

hard — See the scholar wearing a hard hat!

sept-

wall, fence — See the person sipping a drink through a wall with a fence on it!

scirr(h)-

hard — See the skirt with hard hats all over it!

antr-

cavity — See the ant in a tree falling into a gigantic cave-in!

plak-

plate — See the plaque with a plate of food on it!

alveol-

cavity — See the owl in the field falling into a cave-in (cavity)!

sedat-

quiet, calm — See the speaker saying, "Be seated" and the audience becoming quiet and calm!

furca-

fork-shaped — See the fur coat covered with forks!

radic-

root — See the radish with the root beer bursting out of it!

radi-

ray — See the radio with a ray of light beaming out of it!

metabol(e)

change — See the man who met a bull asking it for change!

pariet-

wall — See the parrot with walls on its sides!

gemin-

twin — See the gems that are twins and exactly alike!

grad-

walk, take steps — See the graduate walking away and taking the steps with her!

calc-

heel, stone — See the calculator with a heel and a stone on it!

labi-

lip — See the image for lab, a test tube with lips on it!

micr-

small — See the microphone that is very, very small!

phob-

fear — See the foe with a shield made of fur!

en-

in — See the hen saying, "they won't let me in the inn"!

pro-

in front of, before — See the pro golfer with people walking in front of the ball before the pro can hit it!

mechano-

machine — See the mechanic with a washing machine strapped on his back!