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Purple Module
Exam short list terminology review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| chromate/o | colour |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| encephala/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot or know like) |
| gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| later/o | side to side, 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 |
| psych/o | mind |
| pupil/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| salping/o | tube (Eustachian) |
| scot/o | dark |
| staped/o | stapes |
| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tension; tone |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane/ear drum |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia,swelling |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ous | abnormal condition;increase |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse;downward |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -scope | instrument of examination |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | forming and opening |
| -tic | pertaining 2 |
| -tome | instrument to cut skin |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| di- | double |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | excessive; above normal |
| hypo- | under; below normal |
| para- | near; beside; beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| uni- | one |
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