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word roots for special senses and nervous system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| goni/o | angle |
| ax/o | axon |
| hemat/o | blood |
| encephal/o | brain |
| dendr/o | branching |
| contus/o | bruise |
| caus/o | burn |
| caust/o | burn |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of eye, circular |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| convolut/o | coiled, twisted |
| chrom/o | colour |
| chromat/o | colour |
| conjuctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| corne/o | cornea |
| karat/o | cornea |
| canth/o | corner of the eye |
| choroid/o | coroid |
| scot/o | darkness |
| dipl/o | double |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| ot/o | ear |
| tympan/o | ear drum |
| audit/o | ear, hearing |
| tars/o | edge of eyelid |
| pinn/o | external ear |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye, vision |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| pseud/o | false |
| myc/o | fungus |
| gangli/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glue, neuroglia |
| glauc/o | gray |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| sulc/o | groove |
| cephal/o | head |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| audi/o | hearing |
| labyrinth/o | inner ear (labyrinth) |
| medull/o | inner section |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| irit/o | iris |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| phac/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| mening/o | meninges (membrane covering brain and spinal cord) |
| meningi/o | meninges (membrane covering brain and spinal cord) |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| neur/i | nerve |
| neur/o | nerve |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| plex/o | network |
| noct/o | night |
| nyct/o | night |
| nyctal/o | night |
| presby/o | old age |
| mon/o | one |
| ametr/o | out of proportion |
| cortic/o | outer region |
| fove/o | pit |
| synaps/o | point of contact |
| synapt/o | point of contact |
| core/o | pupil |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| retin/o | retina |
| concuss/o | shaken together |
| thec/o | sheath |
| crani/o | skull |
| narc/o | sleep |
| somn/o | sleep |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| macul/o | spot |
| strab/o | squint-eyed |
| staped/o | stapes |
| sthen/o | strength |
| sympath/o | sympathetic nerve |
| sympathy/o | sympathetic nerve |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal sac |
| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal sac |
| ton/o | tension |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| lept/o | thin, slender |
| dur/o | tough |
| salping/o | tube |
| gyr/o | turning |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
| athet/o | uncontrolled |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vitr/o | vitreous humor, glassy |
| vitre/o | vitreous humor, glassy |
| ambul/o | walking |
| ambulat/o | walking |
| aque/o | water |
| lex/o | word, phrase |
| lute/o | yellow |
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