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Unit 8
health careers internship
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| audi/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| cor/e/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| esthesi/o | feeling, sensation |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| larying/o | larynx |
| melan/o | black |
| nas/o | nasal passage, nose |
| nyct/o noct/i | night |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| ot/o | ear |
| phac/o | lens |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| phon/o | sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleural membrane |
| pne/o | breathe |
| pneum/o | air, lungs |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| presby/o | old |
| pilmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scelr/o | hard |
| spir/o | respiration |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| trache/o | trachea |
| lympan/o | eardrum |
| a/an- | lack of, without |
| ambi- | both |
| brady- | slow |
| diplo- | double |
| endo- | inner |
| eso- | inward |
| ex- | outside |
| exo- | outward |
| hypo- | below, down |
| hyper- | above, upward |
| my- | close |
| eu- | easy, good |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| -algia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -opia | vision |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | involuntary contractions |
| -tropia | turning |
| exo/tropia | eyes pointing outward |
| eso/tropia | eyes pointing inward |
| hyper/tropia | eyes pointing upward |
| hypo/tropia | eyes pointing downward |
| AD | right ear |
| AS | left ear |
| CCC-A | certificate of clinical competency in audiology |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| ENT | ear nose and throat specialist |
| HEENT | head, eyes, ears, nose, throat |
| L+A | lights and accommodation |
| MTD | right eardrum |
| MTS | left eardrum |
| OD | right eye |
| OM | otitis media |
| OS, OL | left eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation |
| SOB | shortness of breath |
| TB, Tb | tuberculosis |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |