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wpasenses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acous/o | hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing; sound |
| ambly/o | dull; dim |
| aque/o | water |
| audi/o, audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerumin/o | cerumen (earwax) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | cyst; fluid sac; bladder |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dipl/o | double |
| glauc/o | gray |
| graph/o | writing |
| gustat/o | taste |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| mi/o | smaller; less |
| mydr/o | widened; enlarged |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane; eardrum |
| nyct/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olfact/o | smell |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o, optic/o | eye; vision |
| orbit/o | eye socket |
| ossic/o | ossicle (small bone) |
| ot/o | ear |
| papill/o | optic disc; nipple-like |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
| phon/o | sound |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| steat/o | sebum; fat |
| stigmat/o | point |
| ton/o | tone; tension |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ec- | out; outside |
| en- | in; within |
| eso- | inward |
| exo- | outward |
| hyper- | above; above normal; excessive |
| hypo- | below; below normal; deficient |
| infra- | below; beneath; inferior |
| intra- | within; into |
| -al, -ar, -atic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic | pertaining to |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -esthesia | feeling; sensation |
| -gram | record; image |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | process; state; condition |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -meter | measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -motor | movement |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -opia | vision condition |
| -osmia | smell condition |
| -otia | ear condition |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -ptosis | droop; sag; prolapse; protrude |
| -sclerosis | hardening; thickening |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -spasm | muscle contraction |
| -stomy | surgical opening |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -tropia | to turn |
| AD | right ear(auris dextra) |
| ARMD | age-related macular degeneration |
| AS | left ear (auris sinistra) |
| As. | astigmatism |
| AU | auris uterque |
| b.i.d. | twice per day |
| cc | cubic centimeters |
| CPOA | certified paraoptometric assistant |
| Gtt, gtt | drops |
| hs | half strength; bedtime |
| Hy | hyperopia |
| LASIK | laser in situ keratotomy |
| My | myopia |
| OD, O.D. | Doctor of Optometry; right eye (oculus dexter) |
| O.S. | left eye (oculus sinister) |
| Oint | ointment |
| OM | otitis media |
| OU | each eye (oculus uterque) |
| PERRLA | pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation |
| phaco | phacoemulsification |
| PO, p.o. | by mouth (per os) |
| Pr | presbyopia |
| q.i.d. | four times per day (quater in die) |
| RN | registered nurse |
| t.i.d. | three times per day (ter in die) |
| TM | tympanic membrane |
| VA | visual acuity |
| Vf | field of vision |
Created by:
vasundhara.varadarajan