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Purple Module
Terminology Combining Forms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
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 | cerbellum |
cereb/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | chorion (membrane surrounding fetus) |
chromate/o | colour |
clon/o | clonus (turmoil) |
cochle/o | cochlea (spiral organ inside the ear) |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctive |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex |
crani/o | cranium/skull |
cycl/o | ciliary (body of the eye) |
dacry/o | fears/lacrimal apparatus |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
dur/o | dura mater/ hard |
encephala/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
esthes/o | feeling |
fluor/o | luminous/fluorescence |
gangli/o | gangalion (knot/knot like) |
glauc/o | gray |
gli/o | glue/ neurological tissue |
goni/o | angle |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hedon/o | pleasure |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, callus |
kinesi/o | movement |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word,phrase |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
medull/o | medulla |
mening/o | meninges (covering the brain) |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus/fungi |
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 |
ot/o | ear |
phac/o | lens |
phot/o | light |
poli/o | gray, gray matter |
presby/o | old age |
psych/o | mind |
pupil/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve, root |
retin/o | retina |
salping/o | tube, auditory tube, Eustachian tube |
scler/o | hardening, sclera |
scot/o | darkness |
somn/o | sleep |
staped/o | stapes |
sthen/o | strength |
stigmat/o | points, mark |
synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
tax/o | order, coordination |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath ( referring to meninges) |
ton/o | tension |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
ventricul/o | ventrical ( of the heart or of the brain) |
vitr/o | vitreous body (of the eye) |
klept/o | to steal |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
lacrim/o | tar, duct, sac,gland |
later/o | side to side |
vitre/o | glassy |
voyeur/o | to see |