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HIM361 Test 5
Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body muscle of eye |
| dacry/o | tear tear duct |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ocul/o | eye |
| opthal/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye vision |
| optic/o | eye vision |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| papill/o | ooptic disc |
| phac/o | lens of the eye |
| phak/o | lens of the eye |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| uve/o | uvea (vascular layer of the eye) |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| dipl/o | double |
| glauc/o | gray |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
| nyct/o | night |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| scot/o | darkness |
| xer/o | dry |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| acous/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| myring/o | eardrum tympanic membrane |
| ossicul/o | ossicle |
| ot/o | ear |
| salping/o | eustachian tube auditory tube |
| staped/o | stapes, third bone of the middle ear |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| -acusis | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -meter | instrument to measure |
| -otia | ear condition |
| aden/o | gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| gonad/o | sex gland |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| andr/o | male |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calci/o | calcium |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| crin/o | secrete |
| dips/o | thirst |
| estr/o | female |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| home/o | sameness |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| kal/i | potassium |
| lact/o | milk |
| myx/o | mucus |
| natr/o | sodium |
| phys/o | growing |
| somat/o | body |
| ster/o | solid structure |
| toc/o | childbirth |
| toxic/o | poison |
| ur/o | urine |
| -agon | assemble, gather together |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -in | substance |
| -ine | substance |
| -tropin | stimulating the function of to turn or act on |
| -uria | urine condition |
| eu- | good, normal |
| hyper- | excessive, above |
| hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
| oxy- | rapid, sharp, acid |
| pan- | all |
| poly- | many increased |
| tetra- | four |
| tri- | three |
| aer/o | air |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| chem/o | drug |
| cras/o | mixture |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| erg/o | work |
| esthes/o | feeling, sensation |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| myc/o | mold, fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| or/o | mouth |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| pyret/o | fever |
| thec/o | shealth |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| vax/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vessel |
| vit/o | life |
| ana- | again, excessive, upward |
| anti- | against |
| contra- | against, opposite |
| par- | other than, apart from |
| syn- | together, with |
| anxi/o | uneasy, anxious, distressed |
| aut/o | self |
| hallucin/o | hallucination |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| ment/o | mind |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phil/o | attraction to love |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| somat/o | body |
| -genic | produced by |
| -leptic | to seize hold of |
| -mania | obsessive preoccupation |
| -phobia | fear (irrational and troubling) |
| -phoria | feeling, bearing, remember |
| -thymia | mind |
| a- | no, not |
| an- | no, not |
| cata- | down |
| para- | abnormal |