CH 17 Combining Forms Flashcards
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid
palpebr/o
eyelid
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cor/o
pupil
pupill/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
kerat/o
cornea
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
lacrim/o
tears
ir/o
irid/o
iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil)
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o
optic/o
eye, vision
papill/o
optic disc, nipple-like
phaco/o
phak/o
lens of the eye
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye); hard
uve/o
uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body and 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
-oia
vision
- opsia
vision
-tropia
to turn
acous/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing, the sense of hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
auricul/o
ear
cochle/o
chochlea
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
- cusis
hearing
- meter
instrument to measure
-otia
ear condition