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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 |