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1
Q

arachn/o

A

spider

2
Q

serebr/o

A

cerebrum; brain

3
Q

crani/o

A

cranium; skull

4
Q

dendr/o

A

branching; dendrite

5
Q

electr/o

A

electricity

6
Q

encephal/o

A

brain

7
Q

gli/o

A

neuroglia; nerve cell

8
Q

hydr/o

A

water; fluid

9
Q

mening/o

A

meninges

10
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord

also bone marrow

11
Q

neur/o

A

nerve

12
Q

olig/o

A

few; diminished

13
Q

quadr/i

A

four

14
Q

thec/o

A

sheath

15
Q

thromb/o

A

clot

16
Q

vascul/o

A

blood vessels

17
Q

ventricul/o

A

ventricle

18
Q

dura-

A

hard

19
Q

echo-

A

sound

20
Q

-algia

A

pain

21
Q

-malacia

A

softening

22
Q

-paresis

A

partial paralysis

23
Q

-pathy

A

disease

24
Q

-plegia

A

paralysis

25
Q

aque/o

A

watery

26
Q

blast/o

A

immature

27
Q

blephar/o

A

eyelid

28
Q

conjunctiv/o

A

conjunctiva

29
Q

corne/o

A

cornea

30
Q

dacry/o

A

tears

31
Q

dacryocyst/o

A

tear sac

32
Q

dipl/o

A

double

33
Q

fund/o

A

fundus; base

34
Q

glauc/o

A

silver; gray

35
Q

ir/o; irid/o

A

iris

36
Q

kerat/o

A

cornea

37
Q

lacrim/o

A

tears

38
Q

ocul/o

A

eye

39
Q

ophthalm/o

A

eye

40
Q

opt/o

A

eye; vision

41
Q

palpebr/o

A

eyelid

42
Q

phac/o; phak/o

A

lens

43
Q

phot/o

A

light

44
Q

pupill/o

A

pupil

45
Q

retin/o

A

retina

46
Q

scler/o

A

sclera; hard

47
Q

uve/o

A

uvea

48
Q

vitre/o

A

glassy; jelly-like

49
Q

ect-

A

outside; out

50
Q

en-; eso-

A

in; inward

51
Q

ex-

A

out; outward

52
Q

presby-

A

aging; old

53
Q

-metry

A

to measure

54
Q

-opia

A

vision

55
Q

-tropia; -tropion

A

to turn; turning

56
Q

acoust/o

A

hearing

57
Q

auci/o

A

hearing; sound

58
Q

cochle/o

A

cochlea

59
Q

labyrinth/o

A

inner ear; labyrinth

60
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

61
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

62
Q

myring/o

A

eardrum; tympanic membrane

63
Q

-algia

A

pain

64
Q

-cusis; -cusia

A

hearing

65
Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

66
Q

-(r)rhea

A

flow; discharge