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VET 114 Week 7
Medical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Olfactory | Smell |
| Optic | Vision |
| Oculomotor | Movement of eyes |
| Trochlear | Movement of eyes |
| Trigeminal | Ophthalmic, Maxillary, Mandibular |
| Opthalmic | Corneal senses |
| Maxillary | Upper jaw movement |
| Mandibular | Lower jaw movement |
| Abducens | Movement of eyes |
| Facial | Movement of face, taste |
| Vestibulocochlear | Hearing and balance |
| Glossopharyngeal | Tongue taste, throat movement |
| Vagus | Throat, voice box, chest movement, abdominal sensations |
| Accessory | Neck and shoulder movement |
| Hypoglossal | Tongue movement |
| Alges/o | Sensitivity to pain |
| Arachn/o | Arachnoid membrane |
| Astr/o | Star |
| Ax/o | Axis, main stem |
| Caus/o | Burning |
| Caust/o | Burning |
| Cephal/o | Head |
| Cereball/o | Cerebellum |
| Cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| Comat/o | Deep sleep, coma |
| Concuss/o | Shaken together violently |
| Contus/o | Bruise |
| Dendr/o | Dendrite |
| Dur/o | Dura mater |
| Encephal/o | Brain |
| Esthesi/o | Nervous sensation |
| Gangli/o | Ganglion |
| Ganglion/o | Ganglion |
| Gli/o | Neurological tissue, glue |
| Gyr/o | Folding |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord; bone marrow |
| Narc/o | Sleep, stupor, numbness |
| Pont/o | Pons |
| Radical/o | Nerve root |
| Spin/o | Spine |
| Sulc/o | Groove |
| Syncop/o | To cut off, cut short, fainting |
| Tax/o | Coordination, order |
| Thec/o | Sheath |
| Vag/o | Vagus nerve |
| cata- | Down |
| epi- | Above, upon, on |
| eu- | Good, normal, true |
| hemi- | Half |
| inter- | Between |
| intra- | Within; into |
| oligo- | Scanty |
| par- | Other than; abnormal |
| polio- | Gray matter |
| tetra- | Four |
| -algesia | Sensitivity to pain |
| -algia | Pain |
| -cele | Hernia |
| -esthesia | Nervous sensation |
| -ia | Condition |
| -lepsy | Seizure |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -ose | Pretaining to, full of, sugar |
| -paresis | Slight paralysis |
| -pathy | Disease condition |
| -plegia | Paralysis, palsy |
| -plasia | Development, formation, growth |
| -rrhaphy | Suture |
| -sthenia | Strength |
| -y | condition, process |
| ANS | Autonomic nervous system |
| Sz | Seizure |
| Ambly/o | Dim, dull |
| Anis/o | Unequal |
| Aque/o | Water |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| Canth/o | Corner of eye or eyelid |
| Choroid/o | Choroid layer of the eye |
| Cor/o | Pupil |
| Core/o | Pupil |
| Cycl/o | Ciliary body of the eye; cycle; circle |
| Dacry/o | Tear |
| Dacryoaden/o | Tear sac; lacrimal sac |
| Dipl/o | Double |
| Glauc/o | Gray |
| Goni/o | Seed, angle |
| Ir/i | Iris |
| Ir/o | Iris |
| Irid/o | Iris |
| Kerat/o | Cornea, horny, hard |
| Lacrim/o | Tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct |
| Mi/o | Smaller, less |
| Mydr/o | Wide |
| Nyct/o | Night |
| Palpebr/o | Eyelid |
| Phac/o | Lens of the eye |
| Phot/o | Light |
| Tars/o | Edge of eyelid; tarsus |
| Uve/o | Uvea |
| Vitre/o | Glassy |
| Vitr/o | Vitreous body |
| bini- | Double |
| ec- | Out; outside |
| eso- | Inward |
| eco- | Out; away from |
| extra- | Outside |
| -tropia | To turn |
| -ptosis | Drooping; sagging; prolapse |
| Encephalocele | Hernia of the brain |
| Encephalopathy | Disease of the brain |
| Encephalomyelitis | Inflammation of spinal cord & brain |
| Meningomyelocele | Hernia of meninges and spinal cord |
| Paraparesis | Abnormal slight paralysis |
| Neurasthenia | Nerve strength |
| Neuralgia | Nerve pain |
| Analgesia | Without pain |
| Paresthesia | Abnormal nervous sensation |
| Dacrycystectomy | Removal/ excision of tear gland |
| Microtia | Small ear condition |
| Lacrimation | Condition of the tear duct |
| Lacrimal | Pertaining to the tear duct |
| Palprebal | Pertaining to the eyelid |
| Auricular | Pertaining to the ear |
| Otalgia | Ear pain |
| Macrotia | Large ear infection |
| Otolaryngology | Study of ear & voice box |
| Auricul/o | Ear |
| Aur/i | Ear |
| Aur/o | Er |
| Laryng/o | Voice box, larynx |
| Myc/o | Fungus |
| Myring/o | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Pinn/i | External ear |
| Py/o | Pus |
| Tympan/o | Tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| -otia | Ear condition |
| AD | Right ear |
| AS | Left ear |
| AU | Both ears |
| IOP | Intraocular pressure |
| OD | Right eye |
| OS | Left eye |
| OU | Both eyes |
| PLR | Pupillary light reflex |
| VA | Visual acuity |
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