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MED TERM CHAP 10-11
WORD ROOTS, PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACOUS/O, ACOUT/O | HEARING, SOUND |
| AMBUL/O | WALK |
| AUDI/O, AUDIT/O | EAR, HEARING, THE SENSE OF HEARING |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
| CONCUSS/O | SHAKEN TOGETHER, VIOLENTLY AGITATED |
| CONTUS/O | BRUISE |
| DACRY/O | TEAR, LACRIMAL DUCT, TEAR DUCT |
| DACRYOCYST/O | LACRIMAL SAC, TEAR SAC |
| ECH/O | SOUND |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| IR/I, IR/O, IRID/O, IRIT/O | IRIS, COLORED PART OF EYE |
| KERAT/O | HORNEY, HARD, CORNEA |
| KLEPT/O | TO STEAL |
| LABYRINTH/O | MAZE, LABYRINTH, THE INNER EAR |
| LACRIM/O | TEAR, TEAR DUCT, LACRIMAL DUCT |
| MENING/O | MENINGES |
| MYEL/O | BONE MARROW, SPINAL CORD |
| MYRING/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| NARC/O | NUMBNESS, STUPOR |
| NEUR/I, NEUR/O | NERVE, NERVE TISSUE |
| OPHTHALM/O | EYE, VISION |
| OPT/I, OPT/O, OPTIC/O | EYE, VISION |
| OT/O | EAR, HEARING |
| PHAC/O | LENS OF EYE |
| PINN/I | EXTERNAL EAR, AURICLE |
| PRESBY/O | OLD AGE |
| PSEUD/O | FALSE |
| PSYCH/O | MIND |
| RETIN/O | RETINA |
| SCLER/O | SCLERA, WHITE OF EYE, HARD |
| SOMN/O | SLEEP |
| TROP/O | TURN, CHANGE |
| TYMPAN/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM |
| POLY | MANY |
| ALGIA | PAIN, PAINFUL CONDITION |
| CUSIS | HEARING |
| ECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL, CUTTING OUT, EXCISION |
| EDEMA | SWELLING |
| ESTHESIA | SENSATION, FEELING |
| ITIS | INFLAMMATION |
| MALACIA | ABNORMAL SOFTENING |
| METRY | TO MEASURE |
| OLOGY | THE SCIENCE OR STUDY OF |
| OMA | TUMOR, NEOPLASM |
| OPIA | VISION CONDITION |
| OTOMY | CUTTING, SURGICAL INCISION |
| PATHY | DISEASE, SUFFERING, FEELING, EMOTION |
| PHOBIA | ABNORMAL FEAR |