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Med Term Ch 17
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aqueo | water |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| conjunctivo | conjunctiva |
| coro | pupil |
| corneo | cornea |
| cyclo | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
| dacryo | tears, tear duct |
| iro, irido | iris (colored portion of eye) |
| kerato | cornea |
| lacrimo | tears |
| oculo | eye |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| opto, optico | eye, vision |
| palpebro | eyelid |
| papillo | optic disc; nipple-like |
| phaco, phako | lens of the eye |
| pupillo | pupil |
| retino | retina |
| sclero | sclera (white of the eye) |
| uveo | uvea, vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid) |
| vitreo | glassy |
| amblyo | dull, dim |
| diplo | double |
| glauco | gray |
| mio | smaller, less |
| mydro | widen, enlarge |
| nycto | night |
| photo | light |
| presbyo | old age |
| scoto | darkness |
| xero | dry |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| acouso | hearing |
| audio | hearing, the sense of hearing |
| audito | hearing |
| auro, auriculo | ear |
| cochleo | cochlea |
| mastoido | mastoid process |
| myringo | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| ossiculo | ossicle |
| oto | ear |
| salpingo | eustachian tube, auditory tube |
| stapedo | strapes (third bone of the middle ear) |
| tympano | eardrum, tympanic membrane |
| vestibulo | vestibule |
| -acusis or -cusis | hearing |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -otia | ear condition |