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Purple Module
Terminology - Combining Forms
Question | Answer |
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acous/o | hearing |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
aque/o | water |
astr/o | star |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | choroid |
chrom/o | color |
chromate/o | color |
clon/o | clonus (turmoil) |
cochle/o | cochlea |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circular, cycle |
dacry/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
dur/o | dura matter, hard |
encephal/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
esthes/o | feeling |
fluor/o | luminous, florescence |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot or knot-like mass) |
glauc/o | gray |
gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
goni/o | angle |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hedon/o | pleasure |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word, phrase |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
medull/o | medulla |
mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus (plural fungi) |
myrd/o | widen, enlarge |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o | night |
nyctal/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye, vision |
optic/o | eye, vision |
ot/o | ear |
phac/o | lens |
phot/o | light |
poli/o | gray, gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
presby/o | old age |
psych/o | mind |
pupill/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve root |
retin/o | retina |
salping/o | tube (usually fallopian or Eustachian (auditory) tube) |
scler/o | hardening, sclera (white of eye) |
scot/o | darkness |
somm/o | sleep |
staped/o | stapes |
sthen/o | strength |
stigmat/o | point, mark |
synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
tax/o | order, coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath (usually refers to meninges) |
ton/o | tension |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
ventricul/o | ventricle (of heart or brain) |
vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye) |
klept/o | to steal |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
later/o | side, to one side |
vitre/o | glassy |
voyeur/o | to see |