Language of Medicine 17 Flashcards
(50 cards)
1
Q
aque/o
A
water
2
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
3
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conjunctiv/o
A
conjunctiva
(delicate membrane lining the undersurface of
the eyelids and covering the anterior eyeball)
4
Q
cor/o
A
pupil
5
Q
corne/o
A
cornea
6
Q
cycl/o
A
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
7
Q
dacry/o
A
tears, tear duct
8
Q
ir/o, irid/o
A
iris
colored portion of the eye
9
Q
kerat/o
A
cornea
10
Q
lacrim/o
A
tears
11
Q
ocul/o
A
eye
12
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
13
Q
opt/o, optic/o
A
eye, vision
14
Q
palpebr/o
A
eyelid
15
Q
papill/o
A
optic disc; nipple like
16
Q
phac/o, phak/o
A
lens of the eye
17
Q
pupill/o
A
pupil
18
Q
retin/o
A
retina
19
Q
scler/o
A
sclera (white of the eye); hard
20
Q
uve/o
A
uvea;
vascular layer of the eye
(iris, ciliary body, & choroid)
21
Q
vitre/o
A
glassy
22
Q
ambly/o
A
dull, dim
23
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dipl/o
A
double
24
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glauc/o
A
gray
25
mi/o
smaller, less
26
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
27
nyct/o
night
28
phot/o
light
29
presby/o
old age
30
scot/o
darkness
31
xer/o
dry
32
-opia
vision
33
-opsia
vision
34
-tropia
to turn
35
acous/o
hearing
36
audi/o
hearing, the sense of hearing
37
audit/o
hearing
38
aur/o, auricul/o
ear
39
cochle/o
cochlea
| snail shell-shaped, spirally wound tube in the inner ear
40
mastoid/o
mastoid process
41
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
42
ossicul/o
ossicle
| small bone of the ear
43
ot/o
ear
44
salping/o
eustachian tube, auditory tube
45
staped/o
stapes
| third bone or the middle ear
46
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
47
vestibul/o
vestibule
| central cavity of the labyrinth in ear
48
-acusis or -cusis
hearing
49
-meter
instrument to measure
50
-otia
ear condition
