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Ch 17 Sense Organs
Chabner, The Language of Medicine 8th edition chapter 17 combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body, muscle of the eye |
| dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris (colored portion of eye) |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o, optic/o | eye, vision |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| papill/o | opticdisc, nipple-like |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| glauc/o | gray |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
| nyct/o | night |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| scot/o | darkness |
| xer/o | dry |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| astigmatism | defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| presbyopia | impairment of vision as a result of old age |
| cataract | clouding of the lens, causing decreased vision |
| chalazion | small, hard, cystic mass (granuloma) on the eyelid formed as a result of chronic inflammation of a sebaceous gland |
| diabetic retinopathy | retinal effects of diabetes mellitus |
| glaucoma | increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve with loss of vision |
| hordeolum | localized, purulent, inflammatory staphylococcal infection of a sebaceous gland in the eyelid |
| mascular degeneration | progressive damage to the macula of the retina |
| nystagmus | repetitve rhythmic movements of one or both eyes |
| retinal detachment | two layers of the retina separate from each other |
| strabismus | abnormal deviation of the eye. |
| acous/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing, the sense of hearing |
| aur/o, auricul/o | ear (ot/o) |
| cochle/o | chochlea |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| myring/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ossicul/o | ossicle |
| ot/o | ear |
| salping/o | eustachian tube, auditory tube |
| staped/o | stapes (third bone of middle ear) |
| tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -acusis or -cusis | hearing |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -otia | ear condition |
| acoustic neuroma | benign tumor arising from the acoustic vestibulocochlear nerve |
| cholesteatoma | collection of skin cells and cholesterol in a sac within the middle ear |
| deafness | loss of the ability to hear |
| Meniere disease | Disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear, elevated endolymph pressure within the cochlea and semicircular canals |
| otitis media | inflammation of the middle ear |
| otosclerosis | hardening of the bony tissue of the middle ear |
| tinnitus | sensation of noises in ears |
| vertigo | sensation of irregular or whirling motions either of oneself or of external objects. |
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