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Med Term Ch 17
Chapter 17 Med Term (Sense Organs: The Eye and The Ear)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aque/o | water |
| Blephar/o | eyelid |
| Conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| Cor/o | pupil |
| Corne/o | cornea |
| Cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
| Dacry/o | tears/tear duct |
| Ir/o | iris/colored portion of the eye around the pupil |
| Irid/o | iris/colored portion of the eye around the pupil |
| Kerat/o | cornea |
| Lacrim/o | tears |
| Ocul/o | eye |
| Ophthalm/o | eye |
| Opt/o | eye/vision |
| Optic/o | eye/vision |
| Palpebr/o | eyelid |
| Papill/o | optic disc/nipple like |
| Phac/o | lens of eye |
| Phak/o | lens of eye |
| Pupill/o | pupil |
| Retin/o | retina |
| Scler/o | sclera (white of the eye)/hard |
| Uve/o | uvea/vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, choroid) |
| Vitre/o | glassy |
| Ambly/o | dull/dim |
| Dipl/o | double |
| Glauc/o | gray |
| Mi/o | smaller/less |
| Mydr/o | widen/enlarge |
| Nyct/o | night |
| Phot/o | light |
| Presby/o | old age |
| Scot/o | darkness |
| Xer/o | dry |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| Acous/o | hearing |
| Audi/o | hearing/the sense of hearing |
| Audit/o | hearing |
| Aur/o | ear |
| Auricul/o | ear |
| Cochle/o | cochlea |
| Mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| Myring/o | eardrum/tympanic membrane |
| Ossicul/o | ossicle |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Salping/o | eustachian tube/auditory tube |
| Staped/o | stapes/third bone of the middle ear |
| Tympan/o | eardrum/tympanic membrane |
| Vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -otia | ear condition |