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Med Term Ch 17
Chapter 17 Med Term (Sense Organs: The Eye and The Ear)
Term | Definition |
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Aque/o | water |
Blephar/o | eyelid |
Conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
Cor/o | pupil |
Corne/o | cornea |
Cycl/o | ciliary body or muscle of the eye |
Dacry/o | tears/tear duct |
Ir/o | iris/colored portion of the eye around the pupil |
Irid/o | iris/colored portion of the eye around the pupil |
Kerat/o | cornea |
Lacrim/o | tears |
Ocul/o | eye |
Ophthalm/o | eye |
Opt/o | eye/vision |
Optic/o | eye/vision |
Palpebr/o | eyelid |
Papill/o | optic disc/nipple like |
Phac/o | lens of eye |
Phak/o | lens of eye |
Pupill/o | pupil |
Retin/o | retina |
Scler/o | sclera (white of the eye)/hard |
Uve/o | uvea/vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, choroid) |
Vitre/o | glassy |
Ambly/o | dull/dim |
Dipl/o | double |
Glauc/o | gray |
Mi/o | smaller/less |
Mydr/o | widen/enlarge |
Nyct/o | night |
Phot/o | light |
Presby/o | old age |
Scot/o | darkness |
Xer/o | dry |
-opia | vision |
-opsia | vision |
-tropia | to turn |
Acous/o | hearing |
Audi/o | hearing/the sense of hearing |
Audit/o | hearing |
Aur/o | ear |
Auricul/o | ear |
Cochle/o | cochlea |
Mastoid/o | mastoid process |
Myring/o | eardrum/tympanic membrane |
Ossicul/o | ossicle |
Ot/o | ear |
Salping/o | eustachian tube/auditory tube |
Staped/o | stapes/third bone of the middle ear |
Tympan/o | eardrum/tympanic membrane |
Vestibul/o | vestibule |
-acusis | hearing |
-cusis | hearing |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-otia | ear condition |