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PURPLE MOD TERM.
Terminology (comb.forms/prefix/suffix)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| aque/o | water |
| audi/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, cycle, circular |
| dacry/o | tear, lacimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| goni/o | angle |
| hydr/o | water |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea, hard, horny tissue |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| 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 |
| meningi/o | meninges, membrane covering the brain |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (ear drum) |
| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opthalm/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 |
| pseud/o | false |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| retin/o | retina |
| salping/o | tube, eustachian tube (auditory) |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| somn/o | sleep |
| staped/o | stapes |
| sthen/o | strength |
| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (usually refers to meninges) |
| ton/o | tension |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| ventricul/o | ventricle, heart or brain |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye) |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -al | P2 |
| -algesic | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | P2 |
| -asthenia | weakness, debility |
| -cele | swelling, hernia |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
| -esthesia | feeling |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | P2 |
| -ion | the act of |
| -ism | c/o |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | destruction, loosening, seperation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -osis | ab c/o |
| -ous | P2 |
| -paresis | partial paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhapy | suture |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -scope | instrument to examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -taxia | order, coordination |
| -tic | P2 |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| a-,an- | without, not |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| di- | double |
| dipl-, diplo- | double |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward, outside |
| hemi- | one half |
| heter-, hetero- | different |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | defient, under, below |
| intra- | in, within |
| necr-, necro- | death, necrosis |
| pachy- | thick |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| presby- | old age |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| uni- | one |
| psych/o | mind |
| ment/o | mind |
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