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Medical Terms
Contact Lens Theory OP230
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| aden | gland |
| aero | airborn |
| ambly | dim or dull |
| an | without |
| aniso | unequal |
| anter | before or in front of |
| anti | opposite |
| at | person with condition |
| bio | life |
| blephar | eyelid |
| cent | one hundred |
| chrom | color |
| cide | kill |
| circum | around |
| contra | opposite |
| corneal | |
| cyclo | circle |
| cyst | sac |
| dacry | tears |
| de | loss |
| dema | swelling |
| derma | skin |
| di | double |
| dis | separate |
| duct | rotation or turning |
| dys | disorder |
| ect | out |
| ectomy | surgically removed |
| emia | blood |
| endo | within |
| epi | over |
| eso | inward |
| exo | outward |
| extra | beyond, in addition to |
| fibr | threadline structure |
| hemi | one-half |
| hema | blood |
| hetro | other or different |
| holo | whole |
| homo | like, same or resembling |
| hydro | water, ocean |
| hypo | downward of under |
| ia | condition |
| iasis | presence of |
| infra | below |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| irid | iris |
| ism | condition or belief |
| ist | person who |
| itis | inflammation |
| kera | croneal |
| lacri | tears |
| macro | large |
| marine | water, ocean |
| medi | middle |
| mega | large |
| meta | between |
| micro | small |
| neo | new |
| nyct | night |
| ocul | pertaining to the eye |
| ologist | specialist |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor |
| ophthaim | the eye |
| opia | vision |
| ortho | straight |
| para | beside or beyond |
| peri | around |
| phak | crystalline lens |
| phasia | speech |
| phil | love |
| phob | fear |
| plegia | stroke, paralysis |
| poly | many |
| post | behind |
| pre | before |
| presby | old |
| pro | before |
| proxi | near |
| pseudo | false |
| retro | backward |
| scope | viewing instrument |
| sis | condition or process |
| stigma | spot or focus |
| sub | under or below |
| super | above or over |
| tions | process |
| trans | across |
| trop | paralysis, manifest |
| ultra | beyond |
| vaso | vessels |