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Module 7

Medical Terminology Module 7 Fall Semester 2025

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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
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