Chapter 11 - Special Senses: Eyes & Ears Flashcards
1
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acous/o , audi/o, audit/o
A
hearing
2
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aden/o
A
Gland
3
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
4
Q
choroid/o
A
choroid
5
Q
chromat/o
A
color
6
Q
cochle/o
A
cochlea
7
Q
corne/o
A
cornea
8
Q
dacry/o , lacrim/o
A
tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
9
Q
dipl/o
A
double
10
Q
irid/o
A
iris
11
Q
kerat/o
A
horny tissue; hard; cornea
12
Q
myring/o , tympan/o
A
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
13
Q
ocul/o, ophthalm/o
A
eye
14
Q
ot/o
A
ear
15
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retin/o
A
retina
16
Q
salping/o
A
tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
17
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scler/o
A
hardening; sclera (white of eye)
18
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presby/o
A
old age
19
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erythr/o
A
red
20
Q
my/o
A
muscle
21
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
22
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ton/o
A
tension
23
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xanth/o
A
yellow
24
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-ectomy
A
Excision, removal
25
-plasty
Surgical repair
26
-tomy
Incision
27
-acusis
Hearing
28
-algia, -dynia
Pain
29
-edema
Swelling
30
-pathy
Disease
31
-ptosis
prolapse, downward displacement
32
-itis
inflammation
33
-logist
Specialist in the study of
34
-logy
study of
35
-malacia
Softening
36
-metry
act of measuring
37
-oma
Tumor
38
-opia, -opsia
Vision
39
-osis
abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
40
-scope
Instrument for examining
41
-scopy
Visual examination
42
-stenosis
Narrowing, stricture
43
-tomy
Incision
44
-tropia
Turning
45
a-
Without, not
46
ana-
against; up; back
47
dipl-
double
48
eso-
inward
49
exo-
outside, outward
50
hyper-
Excessive, above normal
