The Senses: Roots and Suffixes Flashcards
-algesia
pain
hypalgesia: decreased sensitivity to pain
-osmia
sense of smell
pseudosmia: false sense of smell
-geusia
sense of taste
parageusia: abnormal sense of taste
-esthesia
sensation
cryesthesia: sensitivity to cold
audi/o
hearing
audiology: the study of hearing
acous, acus, cus
sound, hearing
acoustic: pertaining to sound or hearing
ot/o
ear
ototoxic: poisonous or harmful to the ear
myring/o
tympanic membrane
myringotome: knife used for surgery on the eardrum
tympan/o
tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane
tympanometry: measurement of transmission through the tympanic membrane and middle ear
salping/o
tube, auditory tube
salpingoscopy: endoscopic examination of the auditory tube
staped/o, stapedi/o
stapes
stapedoplasty: plastic repair of the stapes
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
labyrinthitis: inflammation of the inner ear
vestibul/o
vestibule, vestibular apparatus
vestibulotomy: incision of the vestibule of the inner ear
cochle/o
cochlea (of inner ear)
retrocochlear: behind the cochlea
blephar/o
eyelid
symblepharon: adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball (sym- together)
palpebr/o
eyelid
palpebral: pertaining to the eyelid
dacry/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
dacryorrhea: discharge from the lacrimal apparatus
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal sac
dacryocystocele: hernia of the lacrimal sac
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal apparatus
lacrimation: secretion of tears
opt/o
eye, vision
optometer: instrument for measuring the refractive power of the eye
ocul/o
eye
sinistrocular: pertaining to the left eye
opthalm/o
eye
exophthalmos: protrusion of the eyeball
scler/o
sclera
episcleritis: inflammation of the tissue on the surface of the sclera
corne/o
cornea
circumcorneal: around the cornea
