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Purple Mod Terminolo
combining forms
Term | Definition |
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acous/o | hearing |
ambly/o | dull,dim |
aque/o | water |
astr/o | star |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | choroid |
chrom/o | color |
chromat/o | color |
clon/o | clonus(turmoil) |
cochle/o | cochlea |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex |
crani/o | cranium(skull) |
cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye; cycle; circular |
dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
dur/o | dura mater; hard |
encephal/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
esthes/o | feeling |
fluor/o | luminous; fluorescence |
gangli/o | ganglion(knott or knott like mass) |
glauc/o | grey |
gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
goni/o | angle |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hedon/o | pleasure |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horney tissue; hard; cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
klept/o | to steal |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
lacrim/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus(duct, sac or gland) |
later/o | side; to one side |
lept/o | thin; slender |
lex/o | word; phrase |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
medull/o | medulla |
mening/o | meninges(membrane covering the brain & spinal cord) |
meningi/o | meninges(membrane covering the brain & spinal cord) |
ment/o | mind |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus(plural, fungi) |
mydr/o | widen; enlarge |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
myring/o | tympanic membrane(eardrum) |
narc/o | stupor; numbness; sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o | night |
nyctal/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye; vision |
optic/o | eye; vision |
ot/o | ear |
phac/o | lens |
phot/o | light |
psych/o | mind |
poli/o | gray; gray matter(of the brain or spinal cord) |
presby/o | old age |
pupill/o | pupill |
radicul/o | nerve root |
retin/o | retina |
salping/o | tube(eustachian [auditory] tube) |
scler/o | hardening; sclera(white of the eye) |
scot/o | darkness |
somn/o | sleep |
staped/o | stapes |
sthen/o | strength |
stigmat/o | point; mark |
synapt/o | synapsis; point of contact |
tax/o | order; coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath(usually reffering to the meninges) |
ton/o | tension |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane(eardrum) |
ventricul/o | ventricle(of the heart or brain) |
vitr/o | vitreous body(of the ear) |
vitre/o | glassy |
voyeur/o | to see |