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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ambul/o | walk |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| cerebello/o | cerebellum |
| concuss/o | shaken,together |
| crani/o | cranium,skull |
| caus/o | burning |
| caust/o | burning |
| dendr/o | branching |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gyr/o | turning or folding |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| narc/o | numbness,stupor,sleep |
| plex/o | plexus, network |
| radicu/o | root,nerve root |
| synapso/o | point of contact |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | tone,tension,pressure |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyt/o | cell |
| glauc/o | gray |
| phot/o | light |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| contus/o | bruise |
| ax/o | axis,axon |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cortic/o | cortex,outer region |
| convolut/o | coiled and twisted |
| dur/o | dura mater,hard |
| gli/o | neuroglia,glue |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | medulla,innersection |
| noct/o | night |
| neur/o | nerve,nervous system |
| neru/i | nerve, nervous system |
| poli/o | gray matter, spinal cord |
| sulc/o | groove |
| somn/o | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus,chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| iris/o | iris |
| aden/o | gland |
| pseud/o | false,fake |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow,spinal cord |
| kinet/o | movement |
| aque/o | water |
| ametr/o | out of porportion |
| audi/o | ear,hearing |
| acous/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear,hearing |
| cycl/o | ciliary body,circular,cycle |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| chrom/o | colour |
| dipl/o | double |
| fove/o | pit |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea,hard,horny |
| labyrith/o | labyrinth,maze,inner ear |
| macul/o | spot |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane,ear drum |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ot/o | ear,hearing |
| optic/o | eye,vision |
| ocul/o | eye |
| presby/o | old age |
| phac/o | lens of the eye |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| scler/o | sclera, white of the eye |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane,ear drum |
| chlor/o | green |
| dernat/o | skin |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| lute/o | yellow |
| erythr/o | red |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ambly/o | dull,dim |
| audit/o | ear,hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| canth/o | corner of the eye |
| corne/o | cornea |
| choroid/o | choroids |
| cochle/o | cochlea,snail,spiral |
| dacry/o | tear,tear duct |
| ir/o | iris |
| irit/o | iris |
| lacrim/o | tear,tear duct |
| mon/o | one |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| myco/o | fungal |
| opt/o | eye,vision |
| opthalm/o | eye,vision |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| retin/o | retina |
| staped/o | stapes |
| strab/o | squint-eyed |
| tars/o | edge of the eyelid |
| vitre/o | vitreous humor,glassy |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lact/o | milk |
| hem/o | blood |
| chromat/o | color |