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Special Senses
The Special Senses Word Parts
| 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 |
| Conjuctiv/o | Conjuctiva |
| 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 | Witing |
| 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 | Phacoemulsification; lens of the eye |
| Phot/o | Light |
| Presby/o | Old age |
| Retin/o | Retina |
| Salping/o | Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube |
| Scot/o | Darkness |
| Stapea/o | Stapes (middle ear bone) |
| Steat/o | Sebrum; fat |
| Stigmat/o | Point |
| Vestibul/o | Vestibule |
| Vitr/o | Vitreous body |
| vitre/o | Glassy |
| A-, an | Not; without |
| Ec- | Out; outside |
| En- | In; within |
| Eso- | Inward |
| Exo- | Outward |
| Hyper- | Above; above normal; excessive |
| Hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
| Intra- | Within; into |
| -al, -atic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic | Pertaining to |
| -cusis | Hearing |
| -ectomy | Surgical removal; excission |
| -esthesia | Feeling; sensation |
| -ia | Condition |
| -ion | Process; state; condition |
| -ism | Process; condition |
| -itis | Inflammation |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -oma | Tumor; mass |
| -opia | Vision condition |
| -osmia | Smell condition |
| -otia | Ear condition |
| -pathy | Disease |
| -plasty | Surgical Repair |
| -ptosis | Droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| -sclerosis | Hardening; thickening |
| -scope | Instrument used to view |
| -scopy | Visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | Process of cutting; incision |
| -tropia | To turn |
Created by:
Bissett Chay
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