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Ch 10 Special Senses
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing; sound |
| ambly/o | dull; dim |
| aque/o | water |
| audi/o audit/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerumin/o | cerumen |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac; bladder |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dipl/o | double |
| glauc/o | gray |
| graph/o | writing |
| gustat/o | taste |
| ir/o irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| mi/o | smaller; less |
| mydr/o | widened; enlarged |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane; eardrum |
| nyct/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olfact/o | smell |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o optic/o | eye; vision |
| ossic/o | ossicle (small bone) |
| ot/o | ear |
| papill/o | optic disc; nipple like |
| phac/o phak/o | lens of the eye |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| salping/o | Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| steat/o | sebum; fat |
| stigmat/o | point |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| vitre/o | glassy |