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17.1 Ophthalmology
CF Ophthalmology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abras/o | scrape off |
| accommod/o | to adapt |
| acu/o | needle;sharpness |
| ambly/o | dimness |
| angi/o | blood vessel;lymphatic vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| anter/o | before;front part |
| aque/o | watery substance |
| bi/o | life;living organism;living tissue |
| blast/o | immature;embryonic |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| capsul/o | capsule(enveloping structure) |
| cav/o | hollow space |
| choriod/o | choriod(middle layer around the eye) |
| cili/o | hairlike structure |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| conduct/o | carrying;conveying |
| conjug/o | joined together |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| converg/o | coming together |
| corne/o | cornea(of the eye) |
| cor/o | pupil(of the eye) |
| cortic/o | cortex(outter region) |
| cry/o | cold |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| cyst/o | bladder;fluid-filled sac;semisolid cyst |
| dacry/o | tears |
| diabet/o | diabetes |
| dipl/o | double |
| emulsific/o | particles suspended in solution |
| enucle/o | to remove the main part |
| es/o | inward |
| ex/o | away from;external;outward fiber |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fove/o | small,depressed area |
| fund/o | fundus(part farthest from the opening) |
| fundu/o | fundus(part fartest from the opening) |
| gener/o | production;creation |
| glauc/o | silver gray |
| goni/o | angle |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| infer/o | below |
| irid/o | iris(colored part of the eye) |
| ir/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea(of the eye);hard;fibrous protein |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| later/o | side |
| lenticul/o | lens(of the eye) |
| lent/o | lens(of the eye) |
| log/o | word;the study of |
| macul/o | smalls area or spot |
| matur/o | mature |
| medi/o | middle |
| metr/o | measurement |
| micr/o | one millionth;small |
| mi/o | narrowing |
| mydro/o | widening |
| myop/o | near |
| nas/o | nose |
| ne/o | new |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye;vision |
| papil/o | elevated structure |
| peripher/o | outter aspects |
| phac/o | lens(of the eye) |
| phak/o | lens(of the eye) |
| phob/o | fear;avoidence |
| phor/o | to bear;to carry;range |
| phot/o | light |
| plas/o | growth;formation |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| poster/o | back part |
| presby/o | old age |
| pupill/o | pupil(of the eye) |
| recess/o | to move back |
| refract/o | bend;deflect |
| resect/o | to cut out;remove |
| retin/o | retina(of the eye) |
| scler/o | hard;scler(white of the eye) |
| scop/o | examine with an instrument |
| scot/o | darkness |
| son/o | sound |
| stere/o | three dimensions |
| stigmat/o | point;mark |
| super/o | above |
| ton/o | pressure;tone |
| trabecul/o | trebecula(mesh) |
| tract/o | pulling |
| transplant/o | move something to another place |
| trop/o | having a affinity for;stimulating turning |
| ulcerat/o | ulcer |
| uve/o | uvea(of the eye) |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vir/o | virus |
| vis/o | sight;vision |
| vitre/o | transparent substance;vitreous humor |
| xer/o | dry |