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Purple Short Term
Purple Module Shortened Terminology List
| 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 | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| core/o | pupil |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye, circular, cycle |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| dendr/o | tree |
| dipl/o | double |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, 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 | gray,gray 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 | 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 |
| -ia | condition |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -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, flow |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| -scopy | visual examination |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| 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, left ear |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| ENT | ears, nose and throat |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| OU | both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accomodation |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system |
| SLE | slit-lamp examination |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| VF | visual field |
| XT | exotropia |
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