Language of Medicine 17 Flashcards
aque/o
water
blephar/o
eyelid
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
(delicate membrane lining the undersurface of
the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball)
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
dacry/o
tears, tear duct
ir/o, irid/o
iris
colored portion of the eye
kerat/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tears
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o, optic/o
eye, vision
palpebr/o
eyelid
papill/o
optic disc; nipple like
phac/o, phak/o
lens of the eye
pupill/o
pupil
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye); hard
uve/o
uvea;
vascular layer of the eye
(iris, ciliary body, & choroid)
vitre/o
glassy
ambly/o
dull, dim
dipl/o
double
glauc/o
gray
mi/o
smaller, less
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
nyct/o
night
phot/o
light
presby/o
old age
scot/o
darkness
xer/o
dry
-opia
vision
-opsia
vision
-tropia
to turn
acous/o
hearing
audi/o
hearing, the sense of hearing
audit/o
hearing
aur/o, auricul/o
ear
cochle/o
cochlea
snail shell-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear
mastoid/o
mastoid process
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
ossicul/o
ossicle
small bone of the ear
ot/o
ear
salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
staped/o
stapes
third bone or the middle ear
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
vestibul/o
vestibule
central cavity of the labyrinth in ear
-acusis or -cusis
hearing
-meter
instrument to measure
-otia
ear condition