Purple Module Shortened Terminology List
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| ambly/o | dull,dim
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| audi/o | hearing
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| audit/o | hearing
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| blephar/o | eyelid
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| cephal/o | head
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| cerebell/o | cerebellum
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| cerebr/o | cerebrum
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| choroid/o | choroid
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| chrom/o | color
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| chromat/o | color
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| core/o | pupil
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| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye, circular, cycle
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| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus
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| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac
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| dendr/o | tree
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| dipl/o | double
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| encephal/o | brain
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| gangli/o | ganglion
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| gli/o | glue, neuroglial tissue
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| hydr/o | water
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| irid/o | iris
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| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea
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| kinesi/o | movement
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| mening/o | meninges
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| meningi/o | meninges
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| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| narc/o | stupor, numbness, sleep
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| neur/o | nerve
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| noct/o | night
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| ocul/o | eye
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| ophthalm/o | eye
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| opt/o | eye, vision
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| optic/o | eye, vision
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| ot/o | ear
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| phac/o | lens
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| phot/o | light
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| poli/o | gray,gray matter
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| presby/o | old age
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| pupill/o | pupil
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| radicul/o | nerve root
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| salping/o | tube
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| scot/o | darkness
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| staped/o | stapes
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| synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact
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| thalam/o | thalamus
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| thec/o | sheath
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| ton/o | tension
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| tympan/o | tympanic membrane
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| ventricul/o | ventricle
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| later/o | side,to one side
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| vitr/o | vitreous body
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| -acusis | hearing
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| -al | pertaining to
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| -algia | pain
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| -ary | pertaining to
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| -cele | hernia, swelling
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| -cusis | hearing
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| -dynia | pain
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| -ectomy | excision, removal
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| -graphy | process of recording
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| -ia | condition
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| -ic | pertaining to
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| -itis | inflammation
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| -logist | specialist in the study of
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| -logy | study of
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| -lysis | separation, destruction, loosening
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| -malacia | softening
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | act of measuring
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| -oid | resembling
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| -oma | tumor
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| -opia | vision
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| -opsia | vision
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| -ous | pertaining to
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| -pathy | disease
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| -phasia | speech
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| -phobia | fear
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| -plegia | paralysis
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| -ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement
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| -rrhea | discharge, flow
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| -scope | instrument for examining
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| -scopy | visual examination
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| -stomy | forming an opening
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| -tic | pertaining to
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| -tome | instrument to cut
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| -tomy | incision
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| -tropia | turning
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| a-, an- | without, not
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| exo- | outside, outward
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| hyper- | excessive, above normal
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| bi- | two
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| brady- | slow
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| contra- | against, opposite
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| di- | double
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| dys- | bad, painful, difficult
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| eso- | inward
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| hypo- | under, below deficient
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| para- | near, beside, beyond
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| quadri- | four
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| syn- | union, together, joined
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| uni- | one
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| ADHD | attention deficit- hyperactivity disorder
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| AS | aortic stenosis, left ear
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| CP | cerebral palsy
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| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid
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| CVA | cerebrovascular accident
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| EEG | electroencephalography
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| ENT | ears, nose and throat
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| EOM | extraocular movement
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| IOP | intraocular pressure
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| LOC | loss of consciousness
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| LP | lumbar puncture
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| OU | both eyes
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| PERRLA | pupils equal, round and reactive to light and accomodation
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| PET | positron emission tomography
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| PNS | peripheral nervous system
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| SLE | slit-lamp examination
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| TIA | transient ischemic attack
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| VF | visual field
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| XT | exotropia
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