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Medical terminology
Visionary System/auditory system etc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ambly/o | dull or dim (Ie: Amblyopia) |
| blephar/o | eyelid (Ie: blepharitis) |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (Ie: conjunctivitis) |
| cry/o | cold (Ie: cryotherapy) |
| cycl/o | ciliary body (Ie: cyclitis) |
| cyst/o | sac or bladder (Ie: dacryocystitis) |
| dacry/o | tear or tear duct(Ie: Dacryostenosis) |
| dipl/o | double (Ie: diplopia) |
| emmetro | A normal measure (Ie: Emmetropia) |
| glauc/o | Gray (Ie: glaucoma) |
| goni/o | angle (Ie: Gonioscope) |
| irid/o | iris (Ie: iridoplegia) |
| kerat/o | Cornea or hard or horny (Ie: Keratitis) |
| macul/o | Macula Lutea( Ie: Maculopathy) |
| mi/o | smaller ( ie: miotic) |
| mydr/o | Widen (ie: Mydriasis) |
| ocul/o | eye (ie: binocular) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye or vision |
| phac/o | lens (Ie: phacoma) |
| phot/o | light (Ie: Photophobia) |
| presby/o | Old (Ie: Presbyopia ) |
| pupill/o | pupil (Ie: pupillary) |
| Retin/o | Retinal (Ie: retinal) |
| stigmat/o | Point (Ie: astigmatism) |
| ton/o | Pressure or tone (Ie: Tonometer) |
| trop/o | turning( Ie: Entropion) |
| vitre/o | glassy (Ie: Vitreous) |
| xer/o | dry (Xerophthalmia) |
| -opia | vision |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| adenoid | adenoids (ie: Adenoiditis) |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| cauter/o | burn |
| glott/o | glottis |
| hem/o | blood |
| labyrinth/o | inner ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| osm/o | smell or odor |
| ossicul/o | ossicle |
| ot/o | fungus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| palat/o | palate(referring to hard palate or soft palate depending on context) |
| phag/o | eating or swallowing |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phon/o | voice or sound |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sanguin | blood or bloody |
| ser/o | serum or serum-like fluid |
| sept/o | septum |
| sinus/o | sinus or cavity |
| somn/o | sleep |
| staped/o | stapes(Ossicle adjacent to inner ear) |
| trache/o | trachea |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| -cussis or -acussis | hearing |
| -ization | process of |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptysis | spitting |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| A- or An- | without |
| Ante- | Before |
| Anti | against |
| Auto- | self |
| Brady- | slow |
| contra | opposite |
| dia | complete or thorough |
| dys | painful or difficult or abnormal |
| end- or endo- | without or inner |
| epi | upon- or over or above |
| Eu- | Normal or good |
| ex | out or away from |
| hetero | different |
| hydro | water |
| hyper | excessive or above normal or above |
| hypo | deficient or below or below normal |
| in- | in or within or not |
| infra- | under or below or beneath |
| inter- | between |
| intra | within or inside |
| ipsi | same |
| Macro | large |
| meta | beyond or change |
| micro | small |
| Neo- | new |
| pachy- | thick |
| par or para | beside or beyond or near or two parts of a pair |
| per- | through |
| peri | around |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre- or pro- | before or in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| retro- | backward or behind |
| syn- | together |
| tachy- | rapid or fast |
| trans- | through or across |
| ultra- | beyond or excess |
| Bi- or bin- or di- | two or double or twice |
| hemi- | half |
| mono- or mon- or uni- | one |
| multi- | many |
| nulli- | none |
| quad- or quadri | four |
| semi- | half |
| tri- | three |
| arthr/o | joint |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card/i | heart |
| chem/o | chemical |
| dermat/o | skin |
| enter/o | intestine or small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| immun/o | immunity or immune or protection |
| morph/o | shape |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| rhin/o | nose |
| therm/o | heat |
| tonsill/o | tonsill |
| Vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia or protrusion |
| -cise | cut |
| -cyte | cell |
| -derma | skin |
| -dynia | pain |
| -edema | swelling |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -emic | relating to blood |
| -gen | what which produces |
| -genesis | production or generation |
| -genic | producing |
| -gnosis | knowing |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ion | action or condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ization | process of |
| -ize | use or subject to |
| -logist | one who studies or specialist |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | separation or destruction |
| -lytic | separating or destroying |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement or large |
| -oma | tumor or mass |
| -opsy | view of |
| -osis | abnormal condition or abnormal function |
| -pathy | disease |
| -phobia | abnormal fear or aversion |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -porosis | porous |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| -rrhagia or rrhage | profuse fluid discharge or excessive discharge |
| -rrhea | discharge |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | development or nourishment |
| -um | creates a noun |
| -uria | urine condition or urination |
| -centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -ostomy | surgical construction of a mouth or an outlet |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair or reshaping by surgery |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| nystagmus | Rapid movement of eyes( Fluttering of eyes) |
| intraocular pressure | Pressure from fluid build up in eye |
| glaucoma | Gray tumor but it really means eye disorders |
| mydriatic | A widener ( dilator) |
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