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Purple Module
Medical Terminology (comb forms)
Question | Answer |
---|---|
ambly/o | dull, dim |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
choroid/o | choroid |
chrom/o | colour |
chromat/o | colour |
core/o | pupil |
cycl/o | ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle |
dacry/o | tear; lacrimal apparatus |
dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
dendr/o | tree |
dipl/o | double |
encephal/o | brain |
gangli/o | ganglion (knot or knotlike mass) |
gli/o | glue; neuroglial tissue |
hydr/o | water |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | horny tissue; hard; cornea |
kinesi/o | movement |
mening/o | meninges |
meningi/o | meninges |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
narc/o | stupor; numbness; sleep |
neur/o | nerve |
noct/o | night |
ocul/o | eye |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye, vision |
optic/o | eye, vision |
ot/o | ear |
phac/o | lens |
phot/o | light |
poli/o | gray; gray matter |
presby/o | old age |
pupill/o | pupil |
radicul/o | nerve root |
salping/o | tube (eustacian (auditory); fallopian) |
scot/o | darkness |
staped/o | stapes |
synapt/o | synapsis, point of contact |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | sheath |
ton/o | tension |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane; (ear drum) |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
vitr/o | vitreous body |
later/o | side, to one side |