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Term Purple Mod
terminology for purple module
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bi- | two, double |
| eso- | inward |
| intra- | within, in |
| extra- | on the outside |
| exo- | outward |
| mono- | one |
| hyper | excessive |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -tropia | the act of turning |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging |
| -opia, -opsia | vision |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -pexy | put in place, fixation |
| aque/o | water |
| ametr/o | out of proportion |
| audi/o | ear, hearing |
| acous/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear, hearing |
| cycl/o | ciliary body, circular, cycle |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| chrom/o | colour |
| dipl/o | double |
| fove/o | pit |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | cornea, hard, horny |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth, maze, inner ear |
| macul/o | spot |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| nyctal/o | night |
| nyct/o | night |
| ot/o | ear, hearing |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| ocul/o | eye |
| presby/o | old age |
| phac/o | lens of the eye |
| py/o | pus |
| salping/o | eustachian tube |
| scot/o | darkness |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane, ear drum |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ambly/o | dull, dim, wandering |
| audit/o | ear, hearing |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| canth/o | corner of the eye |
| corne/o | cornea |
| choroid | choroids |
| cochle/o | chochlea, snal, spiral |
| dacry/o | tear, tear duct |
| ir/o | iris |
| irit/o | iris |
| lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
| lute/o | yellow |
| mon/o | one |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| noct/o | night |
| myc/o | fungus |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| pseud/o | fake, false |
| retin/o | retina, net |
| staped/o | stapes |
| strab/o | squint-eyed |
| tars/o | edge of eyelid |
| vitre/o | vitreous humor, glassy |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| glauc/o | gray |
| goni/o | angle |
| phot/o | light |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of eye) |
| a-, an- | without, not |
| epi- | above, upon |
| hypo- | below, deficient in |
| sub- | below |
| brady- | slow |
| hydro- | water |
| hyper- | excessive |
| contra- | against |
| pachy- | thick |
| para- | beside, beyond, around |
| syn- | together, joined |
| uni- | one |
| -algesia | pain |
| -cele | herniation, hernia |
| -algia | pain |
| -lepsy | seizure |
| -asthenia | weakness or loss of strength |
| -esthesia | feeling, sensation |
| -phasia | speech |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -plexy | stroke |
| ambul/o | walk |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| ambulat/o | walk |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| caus/o | burning |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| dendr/o | branching |
| caust/o | burning |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gyr/o | turning or folding |
| hemat/o | blood |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| narc/o | numbness or stupor |
| plex/o | plexus, network |
| radicul/o | root, nerve root |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| ton/o | tone, tension, pressure |
| synapt/o | synapsis, pint of contact |
| ax/o | axis or mainstream |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| contus/o | bruise |
| cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
| convult/o | coiled and twisted |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | neuroglia, glue |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| medull/o | inner section, medulla |
| noct/o | night |
| neur/o, neur/i | nerve, nervous system |
| poli/o | gray matter of the brain/spinal cord |
| sulc/o | groove |
| somn/o | sleep |
| thalam/o | thalamus, chamber |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| sthen/o | strength |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| thec/o | sheath |
| juxta | beside, next to |
| dia- | through, across |
| per- | through |
| retro- | backward |
| poly- | many, much |
| -phasia | speech |
| exo- | outward |
| endo- | within |
| necro- | death, necrosis |
| -dynia | pain |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
| -rrhagia | bursting forth |
| -rrhaphy | sutures |
| -rrhea | discharge flow |