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special senses word parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acous/o, acoust/o | hearing, hearing, sound |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| acque/o | water |
| audi/o, audit/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerumin/o | cerumen |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| congunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| 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 |
| ossic/o | ossicle (small bone) |
| ot/o | ear |
| papill/o | optic disc, nipple like |
| phac/o, phak/o | lens of the eye |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| salping/o | eustachian (auditory tube, fallopian tube |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| steat/o | sebum, fat |
| stigmat/o | point |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| vitre/o | glassy |