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Terminoloy
Purple Module
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambly/o | dull or dim |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| cor/o | pupil |
| core/o | pupil |
| cycl/o | cycle; ciliary body of the eye; circular |
| 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; hold; cornea |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lacrim/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
| later/o | side; to one side |
| menging/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| nyctal/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 (eustachian) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes |
| synapt/o | synapsis; point of contact |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath |
| ton/o | tension |
| tympan/o | ear drum; tympanic membrane |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -algesis | 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 | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -malacia | softening |
| -meter | instrument of 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- | outside; outward |
| hyper- | excessive; above normal |
| hypo- | under; below; deficient |
| para- | near; beside; beyond |
| quadri- | four |
| syn- | union; together; joined |
| uni- | one |
| A&P | auscultation and percussion |
| AD | Alzheimer disease; right ear |
| ADLs | activities of daily living |
| ANS | autonomic nervous system |
| AOM | acute otitis media |
| AS | left ear |
| BC | bone conduction |
| c/o | complains of; complaints |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CP | cerebral palsy |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| Dx | diagnosis |
| EEG | electroencephalography |
| EMG | electromyography |
| ENT | ear nose and throat |
| EOM | extraocular movement |
| FH | family history |
| ICP | intracranial pressure |
| IOL | intraocular lens |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| LOC | loss of consciousness |
| LP | lumbar puncture |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MS | multiple sclerosis; mental status |
| NCV | nerve conduction velocity |
| OM | otitis media |
| OP | out patient; operative procedure |
| OU | both eyes |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accomadation |
| PET | position emission tomography |
| PNS | peripheral nervous system; parasympathetic nervous system |
| SLE | slit-lamp examination |
| SNS | sympathetic nervous system; somatic nervous system |
| Sx | symptom |
| TIA | transient ischemic attack |
| TPR | temperature, pulse, and respiration |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |
| VF | visual field |
| XT | exotropia |
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