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Unit 8
health careers internship
Term | Definition |
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audi/o | hearing |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchus |
cor/e/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | cornea |
lacrim/o | tears |
larying/o | larynx |
melan/o | black |
nas/o | nasal passage, nose |
nyct/o noct/i | night |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | vision |
ot/o | ear |
phac/o | lens |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phas/o | speech |
phon/o | sound |
phren/o | diaphragm |
pleur/o | pleural membrane |
pne/o | breathe |
pneum/o | air, lungs |
pneumon/o | lung |
presby/o | old |
pilmon/o | lung |
py/o | pus |
retin/o | retina |
rhin/o | nose |
scelr/o | hard |
spir/o | respiration |
thorac/o | thorax |
trache/o | trachea |
lympan/o | eardrum |
a/an- | lack of, without |
ambi- | both |
brady- | slow |
diplo- | double |
endo- | inner |
eso- | inward |
ex- | outside |
exo- | outward |
hypo- | below, down |
hyper- | above, upward |
my- | close |
eu- | easy, good |
dys- | difficult, painful |
-algia | pain |
-eal | pertaining to |
-opia | vision |
-pnea | breathing |
-spasm | involuntary contractions |
-tropia | turning |
exo/tropia | eyes pointing outward |
eso/tropia | eyes pointing inward |
hyper/tropia | eyes pointing upward |
hypo/tropia | eyes pointing downward |
AD | right ear |
AS | left ear |
CCC-A | certificate of clinical competency in audiology |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
ENT | ear nose and throat specialist |
HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
L+A | lights and accommodation |
MTD | right eardrum |
MTS | left eardrum |
OD | right eye |
OM | otitis media |
OS, OL | left eye |
OU | both eyes |
PERRLA | pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation |
SOB | shortness of breath |
TB, Tb | tuberculosis |
URI | upper respiratory infection |