Chapter 10 Special Senses System: Assigned Word Parts Flashcards by Eingle Agbonkonkon

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acous/o, acoust/o

A

hearing; sound

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ambly/o

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dull; dim

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acque/o

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water

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audi/o, audit/o

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hearing

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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cerumin/o

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cerumen

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cochle/o

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cochlea

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conjunctiv/o

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conjunctiva

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cor/o, core/o

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pupil

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corne/o

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cornea

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cyst/o

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cyst; fluid sac; bladder

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dacry/o

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tear

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dipl/o

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double

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glauc/o

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gray

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graph/o

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writing

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gustat/o

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taste

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ir/o, irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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cornea

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lacrim/o

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tears

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mi/o

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smaller; less

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mydr/o

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widened; enlarged

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane; eardrum

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nyct/o

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night

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ocul/o

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eye

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olfact/o

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smell

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o, optic/o

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eye;vision

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ossic/o

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ossicle (small bone)

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ot/o

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ear

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papill/o

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optic disk; nipple-like

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phac/o, phak/o

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lens of eye

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phot/o

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light

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presby/o

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old age

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retin/o

A

retina

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salping/o

A

eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

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scot/o

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darkness

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staped/o

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stapes (middle or bone)

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steat/o

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sebum/fat

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stigmat/o

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point

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vestibul/o

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vestibule

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vitr/o

A

vitreous body

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vitre/o

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glassy

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a-, an-

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not/ without

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ec-

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out; outside

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en-

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in/ within

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eso-

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inward

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exo-

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outward

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hyper-

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above; abnormal; excessive

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hypo-

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below; below normal; deficient

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intra-

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within/ into

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-cusis

A

hearing

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-ectomy

A

surgical removal; excision

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-esthesia

A

feeling; sensation

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-ia

A

condition

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-ion

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process; state, condition

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-ism

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process; condition

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-itis

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inflammation

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-metry

A

process of measuring

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-oma

A

tumor; mass

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-opia

A

vision condition

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-osmia

A

smell condition

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-otia

A

ear condition

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-pathy

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disease

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-plasty

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surgical repair

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-ptosis

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droop; sage; prolapse; protrude

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-sclerosis

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hardening; thickening

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-scope

A

instrument used to view

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-scopy

A

visual examination using scope

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-tomy

A

process of cutting; incision

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-tropia

A

to turn