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NJiwani_Ch.8
Med Term_Ch.8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambul/o | walking |
| cephal/o | head |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| contus/o | bruise |
| ech/o | sound |
| encephal/o | brain |
| -esthesia | nervous sensation |
| klept/o | steal |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness |
| neur/i/o | nerve |
| -phobia | scared |
| psych/o | mind |
| somn/o | sleep |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| -cusis | hearin |
| dacryocyst/o | tear sac |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| -opia | vision condition |
| ot/o | ear |
| presby/o | old age |
| pseud/o | false |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| top/o | place |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| cervic/o | neck |
| colp/o | vagina |
| episi/o | vulva |
| -gravida | pregnant woman |
| gynec/o | woman |
| mamm/o | breast |
| men/o | menses |
| metr/o | uterus |
| nulli- | none |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| orchid/o | testis |
| ov/o | egg |
| -pexy | fixation |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |