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Purple Module
Exam short list terminology review
Term | Definition |
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ambly/o | dull, dim |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | choroid |
chrom/o | colour |
chromate/o | colour |
corne/o | cornea |
cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle |
dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
encephala/o | brain |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot or know like) |
gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
hydr/o | water |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
later/o | side to side, one side |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
narc/o | stupor; numbness ;sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/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 |
poli/o | gray; gray matter |
presby/o | old age |
psych/o | mind |
pupil/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve root |
salping/o | tube (Eustachian) |
scot/o | dark |
staped/o | stapes |
synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
ton/o | tension; tone |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane/ear drum |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
vitr/o | vitreous body |
-acusis | hearing |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ary | pertaining to |
-cele | hernia,swelling |
-cusis | hearing |
-dynia | pain |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-graphy | process of recording |
-ic | pertaining to |
-itis | inflammation |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-malacia | softening |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-ous | abnormal condition;increase |
-pathy | disease |
-phasia | speech |
-phobia | fear |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse;downward |
-rrhea | discharge |
-scope | instrument of examination |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stomy | forming and opening |
-tic | pertaining 2 |
-tome | instrument to cut skin |
-tomy | incision |
-tropia | turning |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-oid | resembling |
a-, an- | without, not |
bi- | two |
brady- | slow |
contra- | against, opposite |
di- | double |
dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
eso- | inward |
exo- | outward |
hyper- | excessive; above normal |
hypo- | under; below normal |
para- | near; beside; beyond |
quadri- | four |
syn- | union, together, joined |
uni- | one |