Special Senses Flashcards
acous/o
hearing
blephar/o
eyelid
corne/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tears
nyct/o
night
ambly/o
dull; dim
aque/o
water
olfact/o
smell
ossic/o
ossicle
phot/o
light
scot/o
darkness
vitre/o
glassy
audit/o
hearing
aur/o
ear
dacry/o
tear
dipl/o
double
glauc/o
gray
graph/o
writing
gustat/o
taste
ir/o, irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
mi/o
smaller; less
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
orbit/o
eye socket
ot/o
ear
stigmat/o
point
papill/o
optic disc
presby/o
old age
cochle/o
cochlea
salping/o
eustachian tube/ fallopian tube
tympan/o
eardrum
cor/o, core/o
pupil
ec-
out; outside
en-
in; within
eso-
inward
exo-
outward
-cusis
hearing
-ism
process; condition
-opia
vision condition
-ptosis
droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
-sclerosis
hardening; thickening
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
-otia
ear condition
-tropia
to turn
-pexy
surgical fixation