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Medical Terminology
Purple MOD
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hyper- | Excessive, above normal |
| Contra- | against or opposite |
| Para- | Near/Beside/ Beyond` |
| Brady- | Slow |
| An- | Without |
| Syn- | Union/ Together/ Joined |
| Bi- | Two |
| Di- | Double |
| -Oma | Tumour |
| -rrhea | Discharge /Flow |
| -Scope | Instrument for examining |
| -Ology | The study of |
| -Itis | Inflammation |
| -Opia | Vision |
| -Cusis | Hearing |
| -Tome | Instrument to cut |
| Prolapse of the eyelid | Blephar/o -Ptosis |
| Pertaining to sheath | Thec/o -Tic |
| Inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord | Myel/o -itis |
| Fear of light | phot/o -Phobia |
| Instrument to cut the choroid | Choroid/o -tome |
| Separation of a nerve | Neur/o -lysis |
| Incision into the lacrimal sac | dacry/o -tomy |
| Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord | encephal/o myel/o -itis |
| Thalamotomy | Thalamus incision |
| Esotropia | Inward turning |
| Dacryocystitis | Lacrimal sac inflammation |
| Encephalopathy | Brain disease |
| Presbyacusis | Old age hearing |
| Dendroid | Tree Resembling |
| Ventriculotomy | Ventricle incision |
| Pupillometer | Instrument used for measuring pupil |
| Incore/o | Pupil |
| Narc/o | stupor numbness/ sleep |
| Ocul/o | Eye |
| Audi/o | Hearing |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Ambly/o | Dull or dim |
| Chrom/o | Colour |
| Phac/o | lens |
| LP | Lumbar puncture |
| VF | Visual field |
| XT | Exotropia |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| AS | Left ear |
| LOC | Loss of consciousness |
| EOC | Extraocular movement |
| ENT | Ears, nose, throat. |