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Exam 3 med terms
Term | Definition |
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cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
dur/o | dura matter |
encephal/o | brain |
gli/o | glue-like |
lept/o | thin, slight, slender |
mening/o | membranes |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
neur/o | nerve |
pont/o | fatigue |
radicul/o | nerve root |
thalam/o | thalamus |
thec/o | case, sheath |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
alges/o | pain |
-algia | pain |
caus/o | burn, burning |
comat/o | coma |
-esthesia | sensation, feeling |
kines/o | movement |
-lepsy | seizure |
lex/o | reading |
-paresis | weakness, slight paralysis |
-phasia | speech |
-plegia | paralysis |
-praxia | to perform, action |
-sthenia | strength |
syncop/o | to cut off. cut short |
tax/o | order, coordination |
aque/o | water |
blephar/o | eyelid |
conjuctiv/o | mucous membrane |
cor/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
cycl/o | recurring, round |
dacry/o | tears |
ir/o | iris |
kerat/o | cornea |
lacrim/o | tears |
ocul/o | eye |
opthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | eye, vision |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
papill/o | optic disc |
phac/o | pertaining to lens |
pupill/o | pupil |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | hard |
uve/o | uvea |
vitre/o | vitreous body |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
dipl/o | double |
glauc/o | relating to glucose |
mi/o | smaller |
mydr/o | wide |
phot/o | light |
presby/o | old age |
scot/o | darkness |
-opia | vision condition |
acous/o | hear |
audi/o, audit/o | hear |
aur/o | ear |
cochle/o | cochlea |
mastoid/o | mastiod |
ossicul/o | ossicles |
ot/o | ear |
salping/o | auditory tube |
staped/o | stapes |
tympan/o | eardrum |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
-cusis | hearing |
-meter | measurement |
-otia | ear condition |