 | Term | Definition |
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acous/o |
hearing |
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-acusis |
hearing |
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ambly/o |
dim; dull |
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anis/o |
unequal |
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aque/o |
water |
| |
audi/o |
hearing |
| |
audit/o |
hearing |
| |
aur/o |
ear |
| |
auricul/o |
ear |
| |
blephar/o |
eyelid |
| |
cochle/o |
cochlea (inner part of ear) |
| |
conjunctiv/o |
conjunctiva (line the eyelids) |
| |
cor/o |
pupil |
| |
corne/o |
pupil |
| |
-cusis |
hearing |
| |
cycl/o |
ciliary body of eye; cycle; circle |
| |
dacry/o |
tear |
| |
dipl/o |
double |
| |
glauc/o |
gray |
| |
ir/o |
iris (colored portion of eye) |
| |
irid/o |
iris (colored portion of eye) |
| |
kerat/o |
cornea; hard; horny tissue |
| |
lacrim/o |
tear; tear duct; lacrimal duct |
| |
mastoid/o |
mastoid process (behind the ear) |
| |
-meter |
measure |
| |
-metry |
process of measuring |
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mi/o |
smaller; less |
| |
myc/o |
fungus |
| |
mydr/o |
wide |
| |
myring/o |
tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| |
nyct/o |
night |
| |
ocul/o |
eye |
| |
ophthalm/o |
eye |
| |
-opia |
vision condition |
| |
-opsia |
vision condition |
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opt/o |
eye; vision |
| |
optic/o |
eye; vision |
| |
ossicul/o |
ossicle (small bone) |
| |
ot/o |
ear |
| |
-otia |
ear condition |
| |
palpebr/o |
eyelid |
| |
papill/o |
nipple-like; optic disc (disk) |
| |
phac/o |
lens of the eye |
| |
phak/o |
lens of the eye |
| |
-phobia |
fear |
| |
phot/o |
light |
| |
-plegic |
paralysis; palsy |
| |
presby/o |
old age |
| |
pupill/o |
pupil (dark center of eye) |
| |
retin/o |
retina |
| |
salping/o |
fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube |
| |
scler/o |
sclera (white of eye) |
| |
scot/o |
darkness |
| |
staped/o |
stapes (middle ear bone) |
| |
-tropia |
to turn |
| |
tympan/o |
tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear |
| |
uve/o |
uvea, vascular layer of eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body) |
| |
vestibul/o |
vestibule of the inner ear |
| |
vitre/o |
glass |
| |
xer/o |
dry |
