Special Senses: Word roots, prefixes and suffixes Flashcards
(47 cards)
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ambyl/o
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dull, dim
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aque/o
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water
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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choroid/o
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choroid
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conjunctiv/o
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conjuntiva
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core/o
pupill/o
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pupil
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corne/o
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cornea
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cycl/o
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ciliary body of the eye; circular; cycle
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dacry/o
lacrim/o
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tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
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dacryocyst/o
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lacrimal sac
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glauc/o
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gray
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goni/o
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angle
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irid/o
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iris
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kerat/o
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horny tissue; hard; cornea
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ocul/o
ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o
optic/o
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eye, vision
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phac/o
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lens
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phot/o
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light
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presby/o
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old age
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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hardening; sclera (white of eye)
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scot/o
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darkness
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vitr/o
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vitreous body (of the eye)
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audi/o
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hearing
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labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
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mastoid/o
mastoid process
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ot/o
ear
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salping/o
tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
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staped/o
stapes
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tympan/o
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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-acusia
-cusis
-acusis
hearing
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-opia
-opsia
vision
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-tropia
turning
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exo-
outside, outward
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hyper-
excessive, above normal
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a-
without, not
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chromat
color
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metr
uterus (womb) measure
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-phobia
fear
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labyrinth
labyrinth (inner ear)
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presby
old age
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-metry
measurement of...
act of measuring
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-scopy
visual examination
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ton/o
tension
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cochle
cochlea
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dia
through, across
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-lysis
separation; destruction; loosening
