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Terminology
PURPLE MOD
| 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; eye |
| dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac OR gland) |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangil/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue |
| hydr/o | water |
| irdi/o | iris |
| kerat/o | hard; horny tissue; cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| 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 | grey; grey matter |
| presby/o | old age |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| salping/o | 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 |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| vitr/o | vitereous body |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernina; swelling |
| -cusia | hearing |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision; removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | sofening |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | act of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phasia | speech |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward, displacement |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | form an opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| exo- | outside, oputward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| di- | double |
| dys- | bad, painful, difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| hypo- | under, below, deficient |
| para- | near, beside, beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union, together, joined |
| uni- | one |
| ADHD | attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder |
| AS | aortic stenosis |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | cerebrovascular attack |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| ENT | ears, nose, and throat |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| ICP | intracrainal pressure |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MRI | magnetic reasonance imaging |
| OU | both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round, and reactive to light+ accommodation |
| PET | positron emmision tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| SLE | systemic lupus erythemotosus |
| TIA | trasient ischemic attack |
| VF | visual field |
| XT | exotropia |
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