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HIM361 Test 5
Word Parts
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 muscle of eye |
dacry/o | tear tear duct |
ir/o | iris |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | cornea |
lacrim/o | tears |
ocul/o | eye |
opthal/o | eye |
opt/o | eye vision |
optic/o | eye vision |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
papill/o | ooptic disc |
phac/o | lens of the eye |
phak/o | lens of the eye |
pupill/o | pupil |
retin/o | retina |
scler/o | sclera |
uve/o | uvea (vascular layer of the eye) |
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 |
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 | tympanic membrane |
vestibul/o | vestibule |
-acusis | hearing |
-cusis | hearing |
-meter | instrument to measure |
-otia | ear condition |
aden/o | gland |
adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
gonad/o | sex gland |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
andr/o | male |
calc/o | calcium |
calci/o | calcium |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
crin/o | secrete |
dips/o | thirst |
estr/o | female |
gluc/o | sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
home/o | sameness |
hormon/o | hormone |
kal/i | potassium |
lact/o | milk |
myx/o | mucus |
natr/o | sodium |
phys/o | growing |
somat/o | body |
ster/o | solid structure |
toc/o | childbirth |
toxic/o | poison |
ur/o | urine |
-agon | assemble, gather together |
-emia | blood condition |
-in | substance |
-ine | substance |
-tropin | stimulating the function of to turn or act on |
-uria | urine condition |
eu- | good, normal |
hyper- | excessive, above |
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
oxy- | rapid, sharp, acid |
pan- | all |
poly- | many increased |
tetra- | four |
tri- | three |
aer/o | air |
alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
bronch/o | bronchial tube |
chem/o | drug |
cras/o | mixture |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/o | skin |
erg/o | work |
esthes/o | feeling, sensation |
hist/o | tissue |
hypn/o | sleep |
iatr/o | treatment |
lingu/o | tongue |
myc/o | mold, fungus |
narc/o | stupor |
or/o | mouth |
pharmac/o | drug |
pyret/o | fever |
thec/o | shealth |
tox/o | poison |
toxic/o | poison |
vax/o | vessel |
ven/o | vessel |
vit/o | life |
ana- | again, excessive, upward |
anti- | against |
contra- | against, opposite |
par- | other than, apart from |
syn- | together, with |
anxi/o | uneasy, anxious, distressed |
aut/o | self |
hallucin/o | hallucination |
hypn/o | sleep |
iatr/o | treatment |
ment/o | mind |
neur/o | nerve |
phil/o | attraction to love |
phren/o | mind |
psych/o | mind |
schiz/o | split |
somat/o | body |
-genic | produced by |
-leptic | to seize hold of |
-mania | obsessive preoccupation |
-phobia | fear (irrational and troubling) |
-phoria | feeling, bearing, remember |
-thymia | mind |
a- | no, not |
an- | no, not |
cata- | down |
para- | abnormal |