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Purple Mod
Terminology Combining forms
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 |
chromat/o | colour |
core/o | pupil |
cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye |
dacry/o | tear |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
encephal/o | brain |
gangli/o | ganglion |
gli/o | neuroglial tissue |
hydr/o | water |
kerat/o | hard; horny tissue; cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
later/o | side, to one side |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
myel/o | bone marrow |
narc/o | numbness |
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 matter |
presby/o | old age |
psych/o | mind |
pupill/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve root |
salping/o | eustachian tube |
scot/o | darkness |
staped/o | stapes |
synapt/o | synapsis |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
ton/o | tension |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
vitr/o | vitreous body |