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Module 7
Medical Terminology Module 7 Fall Semester 2025
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ab- | away(away from) |
| acoust/i- | hearing |
| apo- | above or upon |
| audi- | hearing |
| aur/i- | ear |
| blepharo- | eyelid |
| canth/o- | corner of eyelid |
| cataract | waterfall or cloudiness |
| catarrh- | to flow down |
| cerebr/o- | brain |
| ceru- | wax |
| chalaz/io- | hailstone |
| cochle/o- | snail- like |
| comato- | deep sleep |
| concuss/i- | violent shaking |
| -conis | cone-shaped |
| conjunctiv/o- | joined together |
| convolo- | to roll together |
| corne/o- | cornea or horn shape |
| cortic/o- | bark, outer bark, rind, cortex |
| -cusis | hearing |
| cycl/o- | circle |
| dacryo- | tear |
| dendr/o- | tree-shaped |
| dura- | hard |
| -ellum | lesser or smaller |
| en/cephal/o- | within head(referring to the brain) |
| esthes/i- | physical feeling |
| front/o- | forehead or before |
| gllauc/o- | waterfall or gray |
| gli/o- | glue or glue-like |
| hypn/o- | sleep |
| ide/o- | idea, thoughts, emotions, image |
| incus | anvil |
| intra- | within |
| ir/o- | rainbow |
| -ites | dropsy or drooping |
| junctiv/o- | joining or to join |
| kerat/o- | cornea or horny |
| labyrinth- | maze |
| -lepsy | seizure or convulsion |
| malle/o- | hammer |
| -mania | madness |
| meat/o- | opening |
| mening/o- | membrane |
| ment/o- | mind |
| mydri/o- | to widen |
| myring/o- | eardrum |
| narc/o- | sleep |
| nares | nose opening |
| nas/o- | nose |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| noct/i- | night or blind |
| -noia | mind |
| ocul/o- | eye |
| olfact/o- | smelling or smell |
| ophthalmo/o- | eye or eyeball |
| opto- | vision, sight, eye |
| orb- | circle or dish |
| osmo- | smell |
| ot/o- | ear |
| palpebra- | eyelid |
| palsy | slight or moderate paralysis |
| -paresis | paralysis |
| petit | little illness |
| phob/o- | fear |
| phon/o- | voice or sound |
| phor/o- | feeling(mental) |
| pia- | gentle |
| pinn/a- | feather or feather-like |
| -pleg/ia | paralysis |
| -plexy | paralysis |
| poli/o- | gray |
| pons | bridge |
| presbyo- | old |
| propri/o- | property(nerve stimuli or information) |
| psych/o- | mind |
| pteryg/o- | wigned |
| pupill/o- | pupil |
| radic/o- | nerve root or spinal nerve |
| retina | net or net-like |
| rhin/o- | nose |
| schiz/o- | split or splitting |
| scot/o- | darkness |
| senil/e- | old |
| somn/o- | sleep |
| staped/o- | stirrup |
| strabism/o- | to squint or squinting |
| sty/e | raised |
| tempor/o- | temple |
| theo- | God |
| tinnitus | jingling, tinkling, ringing |
| trochle/o- | pulley or pulley-like |
| tympan/o- | eardrum |
| typh/o- | stupor |
| uve/a- | grape |
| vertigo | whirling |
| xen/o- | strange or foreign |