Chapter 10 Special Senses 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
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water
4
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audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
5
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blephar/o
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eyelid
5
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cerumin/o
A
cerumen
5
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cochle/o
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cochlea
5
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
6
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cor/o, core/o
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pupil
7
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corne/o
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cornea
8
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cyst/o
A
cyst; fluid sac; bladder
9
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dacry/o
A
tear
10
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dipl/o
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double
11
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glauc/o
A
gray
12
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graph/o
A
writing
13
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gustat/o
A
taste
14
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ir/o, irid/o
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iris
15
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kerat/o
A
cornea
16
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lacrim/o
A
tears
17
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mi/o
A
smaller; less
18
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mydr/o
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widened; enlarged
19
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane; eardrum
20
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nyct/o
A
night
21
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ocul/o
A
eye
22
olfact/o
smell
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ophthalm/o
eye
24
opt/o, optic/o
eye; vision
25
ossic/o
ossicle (small bone)
26
ot/o
ear
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papill/o
optic disk; nipple-like
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phac/o, phak/o
lens of eye
29
phot/o
light
30
presby/o
old age
31
retin/o
retina
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salping/o
eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube
33
scot/o
darkness
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staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
35
steat/o
sebum; fat
36
stigmat/o
point
37
vestibul/o
vestibule
38
vitr/o
vitreous body
39
vitre/o
glassy
40
a-, an-
not; without
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ec-
out; outside
42
en-
in; within
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eso-
inward
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exo-
outward
45
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
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hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
47
intra-
within; into
48
-cusis
hearing
49
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
50
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
51
-ia
condition
52
-ion
process; state; condition
53
-ism
process; condition
54
-itis
inflammation
55
-metry
process of measuring
56
-oma
tumor; mass
57
-opia
vision condition
58
-osmia
smell condition
59
-otia
ear condition
60
-pathy
disease
61
-plasty
surgical repair
62
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
63
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
64
-scope
instrument used to view
65
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
66
-tomy
process of making a surgical incision
67
-tropia
to turn
