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med term unit 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| audi/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
| irid/o | iris |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| melan/o | black |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nasal passage, nose |
| nyct/o, noct/i | night |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| ot/o | ear |
| phac/o | lens |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| phon/o | sound |
| phren/o | diaphragm |
| pleur/o | pleural membrane |
| pne/o | breathe |
| pneum/o | air, lungs |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| presby/o | old |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scler/o | hard |
| spir/o | respiration, breathe |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| a/an- | lack of, without |
| ambi- | both |
| brady- | slow |
| diplo- | double |
| dys- | difficult, painful |
| endo- | inner |
| eso- | inward |
| eu- | easy, good |
| ex- | outside |
| exo- | outward |
| hypo- | below, down |
| hyper- | above, upward |
| my- | close |
| tachy- | fast |
| -algia | pain |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -opia | vision |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -spasm | involuntary contraction |
| -tropia | turning |
| ment/o | chin |