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| 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 |
| 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 |