Chapter 11 Defs Flashcards
1
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a-
A
without; not
2
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acous/o, audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
3
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-acusis
A
hearing
4
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-algia, -dynia
A
pain
5
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ana-
A
against; up; back
6
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
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choroid/o
A
choroid
8
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chromat/o
A
color
9
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cochle/o
A
cochlea
10
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corne/o
A
cornea
11
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dacry/o, lacrim/o
A
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
12
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dipl-
A
double
13
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dipl/o
A
double
14
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-ectomy
A
excision, removal
15
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-edema
A
swelling
16
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erythr/o
A
red
17
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eso-
A
inward
18
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exo-
A
outside, outward
19
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hyper-
A
excessive, above normal
20
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irid/o
A
iris
21
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kerat/o
A
horny tissue; hard; cornea
22
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-logist
A
specialist in the study of
23
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-logy
A
study of
24
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-malacia
A
softening
25
-metry
act of measuring
26
my/o
muscle
27
myring/o, tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
28
neur/o
nerve
29
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
eye
30
-oma
tumor
31
-opia, -opsia
vision
32
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
33
ot/o
ear
34
-pathy
disease
35
-plasty
surgical repair
36
presby/o
old age
37
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
38
retin/o
retina
39
-rrhexis
rupture
40
salping/o
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
41
-salpinx
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
42
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
43
-scope
instrument for examining
44
-scopy
visual examination
45
-spasm
involuntary contraction, twitching
46
-stenosis
narrowing, stricture
47
-tomy
incision
48
ton/o. .?????
tension
49
-tropia
turning
50
xanth/o
yellow
