Chapter 10 Special Senses System: Assigned Word Parts Flashcards
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acous/o, acoust/o
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hearing; sound
2
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ambly/o
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dull; dim
3
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acque/o
A
water
4
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audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
5
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blephar/o
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eyelid
6
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cerumin/o
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cerumen
7
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cochle/o
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cochlea
8
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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cor/o, core/o
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pupil
10
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corne/o
A
cornea
11
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cyst/o
A
cyst; fluid sac; bladder
12
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dacry/o
A
tear
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dipl/o
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double
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glauc/o
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gray
15
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graph/o
A
writing
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gustat/o
A
taste
17
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ir/o, irid/o
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iris
18
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kerat/o
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cornea
19
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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
A
eye
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olfact/o
smell
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ophthalm/o
eye
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opt/o, optic/o
eye;vision
28
ossic/o
ossicle (small bone)
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ot/o
ear
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papill/o
optic disk; nipple-like
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phac/o, phak/o
lens of eye
32
phot/o
light
33
presby/o
old age
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retin/o
retina
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salping/o
eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube
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scot/o
darkness
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staped/o
stapes (middle or bone)
38
steat/o
sebum/fat
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stigmat/o
point
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vestibul/o
vestibule
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vitr/o
vitreous body
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vitre/o
glassy
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a-, an-
not/ without
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ec-
out; outside
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en-
in/ within
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eso-
inward
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exo-
outward
48
hyper-
above; abnormal; excessive
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hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
50
intra-
within/ into
51
-cusis
hearing
52
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
53
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
54
-ia
condition
55
-ion
process; state, condition
56
-ism
process; condition
57
-itis
inflammation
58
-metry
process of measuring
59
-oma
tumor; mass
60
-opia
vision condition
61
-osmia
smell condition
62
-otia
ear condition
63
-pathy
disease
64
-plasty
surgical repair
65
-ptosis
droop; sage; prolapse; protrude
66
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
67
-scope
instrument used to view
68
-scopy
visual examination using scope
69
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
70
-tropia
to turn
