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Med Term Ch 17
Terminology
Question | Answer |
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aqueo | water |
blepharo | eyelid |
conjunctivo | conjunctiva |
coro | pupil |
corneo | cornea |
cyclo | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
dacryo | tears, tear duct |
iro, irido | iris (colored portion of eye) |
kerato | cornea |
lacrimo | tears |
oculo | eye |
ophthalmo | eye |
opto, optico | eye, vision |
palpebro | eyelid |
papillo | optic disc; nipple-like |
phaco, phako | lens of the eye |
pupillo | pupil |
retino | retina |
sclero | sclera (white of the eye) |
uveo | uvea, vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid) |
vitreo | glassy |
amblyo | dull, dim |
diplo | double |
glauco | gray |
mio | smaller, less |
mydro | widen, enlarge |
nycto | night |
photo | light |
presbyo | old age |
scoto | darkness |
xero | dry |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-tropia | to turn |
acouso | hearing |
audio | hearing, the sense of hearing |
audito | hearing |
auro, auriculo | ear |
cochleo | cochlea |
mastoido | mastoid process |
myringo | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
ossiculo | ossicle |
oto | ear |
salpingo | eustachian tube, auditory tube |
stapedo | strapes (third bone of the middle ear) |
tympano | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
vestibulo | vestibule |
-acusis or -cusis | hearing |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-otia | ear condition |