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LOM ch 17 word parts
Term | Definition |
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aque/o | water |
blephar/o or palpebr/o | eyelid |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o or pupill/o | pupil |
corne/o or kerat/o | cornea |
cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
dacry/o or lacrim/o | tears, tear duct |
ir/o or irid/o | iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o optic/o | eye, vision |
papill/o | optic disc; nipple like |
phac/o or phak/o | lens of the eye |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | sclera (white of the eye); hard |
uve/o | uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, cliary body, choroid) |
vitre/o | glassy |
dipl/o | double |
presby/o | old age |
-opia or -opsia | vision |
-tropia | to turn |
myring/o or tympan/o | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
ot/o | ear |
acous/o | hearing |
audi/o | hearing; the sense of hearing |
-acusis or -cusis | hearing |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-otia | ear condition |