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Purple Module
Terminology-Shortened Combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| core/o | pupil |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circular, cycle |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal appartatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue, neurological tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/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 |
| pupil/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| salping/o | tube (usually fallopian or Eustachian tube) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes |
| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tension |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (of heart or brain) |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye) |
Created by:
DawnLangridge
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