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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 |
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