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The Senses: Roots and Suffixes Flashcards

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-algesia

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pain

hypalgesia: decreased sensitivity to pain

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-osmia

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sense of smell

pseudosmia: false sense of smell

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-geusia

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sense of taste

parageusia: abnormal sense of taste

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-esthesia

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sensation

cryesthesia: sensitivity to cold

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audi/o

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hearing

audiology: the study of hearing

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acous, acus, cus

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sound, hearing

acoustic: pertaining to sound or hearing

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ot/o

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ear

ototoxic: poisonous or harmful to the ear

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane

myringotome: knife used for surgery on the eardrum

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tympan/o

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tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane

tympanometry: measurement of transmission through the tympanic membrane and middle ear

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salping/o

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tube, auditory tube

salpingoscopy: endoscopic examination of the auditory tube

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staped/o, stapedi/o

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stapes

stapedoplasty: plastic repair of the stapes

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labyrinth/o

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labyrinth (inner ear)

labyrinthitis: inflammation of the inner ear

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vestibul/o

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vestibule, vestibular apparatus

vestibulotomy: incision of the vestibule of the inner ear

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cochle/o

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cochlea (of inner ear)

retrocochlear: behind the cochlea

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blephar/o

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eyelid

symblepharon: adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball (sym- together)

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palpebr/o

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eyelid

palpebral: pertaining to the eyelid

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dacry/o

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tear, lacrimal apparatus

dacryorrhea: discharge from the lacrimal apparatus

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dacryocyst/o

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lacrimal sac

dacryocystocele: hernia of the lacrimal sac

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lacrim/o

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tear, lacrimal apparatus

lacrimation: secretion of tears

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opt/o

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eye, vision

optometer: instrument for measuring the refractive power of the eye

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ocul/o

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eye

sinistrocular: pertaining to the left eye

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opthalm/o

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eye

exophthalmos: protrusion of the eyeball

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scler/o

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sclera

episcleritis: inflammation of the tissue on the surface of the sclera

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corne/o

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cornea

circumcorneal: around the cornea

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kerat/o

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cornea

keratoplasty: plastic repair of the cornea, corneal transplant

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lent/i

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lens

lentiform: resembling a lens

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phak/o, phac/o

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lens

aphakia: absence of a lens

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uve/o

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uvea

uveal: pertaining to the uvea

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chori/o, choroid/o

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choroid

subchoroidal : below the choroid

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cycl/o

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ciliary body, ciliary muscle

cyclopegic: pertaining to or causing paralysis of the ciliary muscle

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ir, irit/o, irid/o

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iris

iridoschisis: splitting of the iris

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pupill/o

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pupil

iridopupillary: pertaining to the iris and the pupil

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retin/o

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retina

retinoscopy: examination of the retina

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-opsia

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vision

heteropsia: unequal vision of the two eyes

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-opia

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eye,vision

hemianopia: blindness in half the visual field

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