Special Senses Ch 15
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41 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ambly | dull, dim |
| aque | water |
| blephar | eyelid |
| choroid | choroid |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| core | pupil |
| corne | cornea |
| cycl | ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle |
| dacry | tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland) |
| lacrim | tear; lacrimal apparatus, lacrimotomy |
| dacryocyst | lacrimal sac |
| glauc | gray |
| goni | angle |
| irid | iris |
| kerat | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
| ocul | eye |
| ophthalm | eye, ophthalmologist |
| opt | eye, vision |
| optic | eye, vision; optical |
| phac | lens |
| phot | light |
| presby | old age |
| retin | retina |
| scler | hardening; sclera (white of eye) |
| scot | darkness |
| vitr | vitreous body (of eye) |
| audi | hearing |
| labyrinth | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| mastoid | mastoid process |
| ot | ear |
| salping | tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian tubes) |
| staped | stapes |
| myring | tympanic membrane (eardrum); myringomycosis |
| tympan | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| -acusia | hearing (suffix) |
| -cusis | hearing (suffix 2) |
| -opia | vision (suffix) |
| -opsia | vision (suffix 2) |
| -tropia | turning (suffix) |
| exo- | outside, outward (prefix) |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal (prefix) |
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