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Nervous System Chapter 15 - Abbrevs
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acous/o | hearing |
| ambly/0 | 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 | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| 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 the eye; circular cycle |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| dur/o | dura mater; hard |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthes/o | feeling |
| fluor/o | luminous, fluorescence |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot or knotlike 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, phrse |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| medull/o | medulla |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| mydr/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 |