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LOM ch 17 word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |