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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aque/o | water |
| ametr/o | out of proportion |
| audi/o | ear;hearing |
| acous/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear;hearing |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| conjuntiv/o | conjuntiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| chrom/o | colour |
| dipl/o | double |
| fove/o | pit |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea;hard;horny |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| macul/o | spot |
| myring/o | ear drum |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ot/o | ear;hearing |
| optic/o | eye;vision |
| ocul/o | eye |
| presby/o | old age |
| phac/o | lens |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| scler/o | sclera |
| tympan/o | ear drum |
| chlor/o | green |
| dermat/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 | ear;hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| canth/o | corner of eye |
| corne/o | cornea |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| cochel/o | cochlea;snail |
| dacry/o | tear;tear duct |
| lute/o | yellow |
| mon/o | one |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| noct/o | night |
| myc/o | fungus |
| opt/o | eye;vision |
| ophthalm/o | eye;vision |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| pseud/o | fake;false |
| retin/o | retina |
| staped/o | stapes |
| strab/o | squint-eyed |
| tars/o | edge of eyelid |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| convolut/o | coiled;twisted |
| cyan/o | blue |
| lact/o | milk |
| hem/o | blood |
| chromat/o | colour |
| ambul/o | walk |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| crani/o | cranium |
| caus/o | burning |
| caust/o | burning |
| dendr/o | branching |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gyr/o | turning;folding |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness |
| plex/o | network |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| synpath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | pressure |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyt/o | cell |
| glauc/o | gray |
| phot/o | light |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| ax/o | axis |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| convolut/o | coiled;twisted |
| dur/o | hard |
| gli/o | glue |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | medulla |
| noct/o | night |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neru/i | nerve |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| sulc/o | groove |
| somn/o | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus;chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| iris/o | iris |
| aden/o | gland |