Chp 10 Special Senses System: Assigned Word Parts Flashcards
Acous/o; Acoust/o
hearing; sound
ambly/o
dull; dim
aque/o; acque/o
water
audi/o; audit/o
hearing
blephar/o
eyelid
cerumin/o
cerumin
cochle/o
cochlea
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
cor/o, core/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cyst/o
cyst; fluid sac; bladder
dacry/o
tear
dipl/o
double
glauc/o
gray
graph/o
writing
gustat/o
taste
ir/o, irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tears
mi/o
smaller/less
mydr/o
widened; enlarged
myring/o
tympanic membrane; eardrum
nyct/o
night
ocul/o
eye
olfact/o
smell
ophtalm/o
eye
opt/o; optic/o
eye; vision
ossic/o
ossicle (small bone)
ot/o
ear
papill/o
optic disc; nipple-like
phac/o; phak/o
lens of the eye
phot/o
light
presby/o
old age
retin/o
retina
salping/o
Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube
scot/o
darkness
staped/o
stapes (middle ear bone)
steat/o
sebum; fat
stigmat/o
point
vestibul/o
vestibule
vitr/o
vitreous body
vitre/o
glassy
a-; an-
not; without
ec-
out; outside
en-
in; within
-eso-
inward
exo-
outward
hyper-
above; above normal; excessive
hypo-
below; below normal; deficient
intra-
within; into
-cusis
hearing
-ectomy
surgical removal; excision
-esthesia
feeling; sensation
-ia
condition
-ion
process; state; condition
-ism
process; condition