Common Terms and Word Elements for the pathologies of the eye

Question 1

AMBLY/O
(am‐blē‐ō)

Answer 1

Dull

Question 2

PRESBY/O
(prĕz‐bē‐ō)

Answer 2

old age

Question 3

DIPL/O
(dĭp‐lō)

Answer 3

double

Question 4

DEUTER/O
(doo‐tĕr‐ō)

Answer 4

Second, secondary (*in vision, green blindness i.e. secondary color)

Question 5

PROT/O
(prō‐tō)

Answer 5

First, primary (*in vision, red blindness i.e. primary color)

Question 6

METR/O
(mĕ‐trō)

‐METER
(mēt‐ĕr)

Answer 6

Measure, measuring (*METER, device for measure)

Question 7

STIGMAT/O
(stĭg‐măt‐ō)

Answer 7

Spot, point, shame/disgrace

Question 8

PHOT/O
(fō‐tō)

Answer 8

light

Question 9

LUMIN/O
(loo‐mĭ‐nō)

Answer 9

Light, lumen (unit of light)

Question 10

SCOT/O
(skō‐tō)

Answer 10

darkness

Question 11

NYCT/O
(nik‐tō)

Answer 11

Night

Question 12

NOCT/O
(nok‐tō)

Answer 12

night

Question 13

TROP/O
(trō‐pō)

‐TROPIA
(trō‐pē‐ă)

‐TROPION
(trō‐pē‐ŏn)

Answer 13

Turning, change, stimulating (*TROPIA, deviation of eyes from the visual axis; *TROPION, turning the edge or margin, particularly of the eyelid)

Question 14

STRABISM/O
(stră‐biz‐mō)

Answer 14

Strabismus (*disorder of the eye in respect to the optic axis)

Question 15

NYSTAGM/O
(nis‐tag‐mō)

Answer 15

Nystagmus (*disorder involving involuntary movement of the eye)

Question 16

SCHIST/O
(skĭs‐tō)

SCHIZ/O
(skĭz‐ō)

‐SCHISIS
(skĭ‐sĭs)

Answer 16

Split, cleft

Question 17

CHALAS/O
(kăl‐ă‐sō)

‐CHALASIS
(kăl′ă‐sĭs)

Answer 17

Loose, slack

Question 18

PTERYG/O
(ter‐ĭ‐gō)

PTER/O
(ter‐ō)

‐PTERYX
(ter‐iks)

Answer 18

Wing, wing-like

Question 19

GLAUC/O
(glaw‐kō)

Answer 19

Silver, gray, or bluish green

Question 20

CATARACT/O
(kăt‐ă‐răk‐tō)

Answer 20

Cataract

Question 21

MI/O
(mī‐ō)

MEI/O
(mī‐ō)

Answer 21

Less, smaller

Question 22

MYDRIAT‐
(mĭ‐drī‐ă‐tō)

Answer 22

Enlargement of the pupil