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Purple Module
Terminology - Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Created by:
DawnLangridge
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