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Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amblyo | dull; dim |
| audio | hearing |
| audito | hearing |
| auro | ear |
| auriclo | ear |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| cephalo | head |
| cerebello | cerebellum |
| cerebro | cerebrum |
| choroido | colour |
| chromato | colour |
| coro | pupil |
| coreo | pupil |
| cyclo | ciliary body of the eye; cycle |
| dacryo | tear |
| dacryocysto | lacrimal sac |
| dendro | tree |
| diplo | double |
| encephalo | brain |
| ganglio | ganglion |
| glio | glue; neurological tissue |
| hydro | water |
| irido | iris |
| kinesio | movement |
| lacrimo | tear ; lacrimal apparatus |
| latero | side; to one side |
| meningo | meninges |
| meningio | meninges |
| myelo | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narco | stupor; numbness; sleep |
| neuro | nerve |
| nocto | night |
| nyctalo | night |
| oculo | eye |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| opto | eye; vision |
| optico | eye; vision |
| oto | ear |
| phaco | lens |
| photo | light |
| polio | gray; gray matter |
| presbyo | old age |
| pupillo | pupil |
| radiculo | nerve root |
| salpingo | tube |
| scoto | darkness |
| stapedo | stapes |
| synapto | synapsis |
| thalamo | thalamus |
| theco | sheath |
| tono | tension |
| tympano | ear drum |
| ventriculo | ventricle |
| vitro | vitreous body |
| vitreo | glassy |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesia | pain |
| -algia | pain |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -cele | hernia, swelling |
| -cusia | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | frenzy, separation, destruction |
| -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 |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tropia | turning |
| a-, an- | without; not |
| bi- | two |
| brady- | slow |
| contra- | against; opposite |
| di- | double |
| dipl- | double |
| dys- | bad; painful; difficult |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | excessive; above normal |
| hypo- | under; below; deficient |
| para- | near; beside; beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union; together; joined |
| uni- | one |