UNIT 6 Word Parts Flashcards
acous/o
hearing
acoustic
-acusis
pertaining to hearing
algia
pain
anesth
hidden
audi/o
sound
blephar/o
eyelid
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
brain
cerumin/o
ear wax
choroid
middle layer of the eye between sclera and retina
chrom/o
color
cloni/o
muscle spasm
cochle/o
cochlea
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
corne/o
cornea
crani/o
head/skull
dacry/o
tears
dur/o
tough
dynia
pain
encephala/o
brain
esthesi/o
feeling/sensation
gangli/o
bundle of neuron cell bodies
gnos/o, gnosi/o
know
hypn/o
sleep
ictal
seizure
irid/o
ir/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
kinesi/o
movement
lob/o
lobe
-mania
excessive desire
media
middle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow (innermost)
meningi/o
meningo
meninges (membranes surrounding CNS)
myring/o
eardrum/ tympanic membrane
neur/o
nerve
ocul/o
ophthalm/o
opt/o
eye
-opia
-opsia
vision condition
osmia/o
smell
ot/o
ear
-paresis
partial paralysis
phac/o
phak/o
lens
phas/o
speech
-phobia
fear
phren/o
mind
-plegia
paralysis
presby/o
old age
psych/o
mind
pupil/lo
pupil of the eye
retin/o
retina
rhino
nose
salping/o
eustachian tube
scler/o
sclera
somn/o
sleep
spin/o
spine
-stomy
creation of an opening
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
-tomy
incision
ton/o
muscle spasm, tention, pressure
tympan/o
ear drum
vestibul/o
vestibule