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Nervous System Chapter 15 - Abbrevs
Term | Definition |
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acous/o | hearing |
ambly/0 | dull, dim |
aque/o | water |
astr/o | star |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | choroid |
chrom/o | colour |
chromat/o | colour |
clon/o | clonus (turmoil) |
cochle/o | cochlea |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
core/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cortic/o | cortex |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye; circular cycle |
dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
dur/o | dura mater; hard |
encephal/o | brain |
erythr/o | red |
esthes/o | feeling |
fluor/o | luminous, fluorescence |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot or knotlike mass) |
glauc/o | gray |
gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
goni/o | angle |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hedon/o | pleasure |
hydr/o | water |
hypn/o | sleep |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
lept/o | thin, slender |
lex/o | word, phrse |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
medull/o | medulla |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
myring/o | tympanic membrane, eardrum |
narc/o | stupor; numbness; sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o | night |
nyctal/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye; vision |
optic/o | eye; vision |