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Purple Module
All Review Terminology Purple
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acous/o audi/o audit/o -acusia -acusis -cusia -cusis | hearing |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cephal/o -ceps | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o chromat/o | colour |
| cor/o core/o pupill/o | pupil |
| cycl/o | ciliary body (of the eye) |
| dacry/o lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o di- dipl- | double |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| poli/o | gray; gray matter |
| gli/o -glia | glue, neurological tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| kinesi/o -kinesia | movement |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| mening/o meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o optic/o -opia -opsia | vision |
| phac/o | lens |
| presby/o | old age |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| ot/o | ear |
| salping/o | tube (eustachian) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes |
| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tension |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| -al -ary -ic -ous -tic | pertaining to |
| -algesia -algia -dynia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia -ism | condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ion | the act of |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse |
| -rrhea | discharge, flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual exam |
| -stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | stimulate |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| dys- | bad, painful,difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| para- | near, beside; beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| uni- | one |
| ADHD | attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder |
| AS | left ear |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid analysis |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalogram/graphy |
| ENT | ears, nose and throat |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| OD | right eye, overdose |
| OS | left eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accommodation |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system, parasympathetic nervous system |
| SLE | slit-lamp examination |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| VF | visual field |
| XT | exotropia |
| phot/o | light |
Created by:
Barbara Ross
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