Vocab 4 Flashcards
(77 cards)
1
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blephar-
A
eyelid
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chori-
choroid-
A
choroid: middle layer of eye
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conjunctiv-
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conjunctiva: membrane that lines the eyelid
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cor-
core-
pupill-
A
pupil
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cycl-
ciliar-
cili-
A
ciliary body: structure encircling the lens
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dacry-
lacrim-
A
tear; tear sac
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dacryocyst-
A
tear sac
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ir-
irid-
A
iris
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kerat-
cerat-
cornu-
corne-
A
cornea
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ophthalm-
ocul-
A
eye
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opt-
A
eye;vision
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phac-
phak-
lent-
A
lens
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retin-
A
retina; inner layer of eye
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scler-
A
sclera: outer layer of the eye
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auricul-
A
auricle; pinna; outer structure of ear
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cochle-
A
cochlea
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incud-
A
incus: anvil bone in middle ear
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labyrinth-
A
labyrinth; inner ear
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malle-
A
malleus
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myring-
A
eardrum’tympanum
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ot-
A
ear
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aur-
A
ear/hearing
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phon-
A
voice/sound
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staped-
stapedi-
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stapes (stirrup shaped bone in middle ear)
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tympan-
eardrum, tympanum, middle ear (eardrum, malleus, stapes, incus)
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andr-
male/man/men
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anthrop-
hom-
homin-
human being/person/persons
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bi-
| vit-
life
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cyt-
cell
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dem-
people/population
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dips-
thirst
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gam-
marriage, sexual union
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ger-
| geront-
old peron, old people, old age
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gyn-
gyne-
gynec-
gynaec-
female, woman, women
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hapt-
| haph-
sense of touch, touch
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hygien-
health
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iatr-
medicine, physician
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mis-
aversion to something (someone) always subordinate
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mort-
| thanat-
death
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necr-
death; corpse; dead tissue; dead cell
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narc-
stupor; sleep
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nat-
birth/born
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olfact-
sense of smell
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ped-
| paed-
child
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- acousia
| - acousis
sense of hearing
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- algesia
| - odynia
pain
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-aphia
sense of touch/ touch
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-centesis
surgical puncture to withdrawn fluid
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-cyte
cell
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-dipsia
thirst
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- ectasis
| - ectasia
dilation/expansion/bulge
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- ectopia
| - ectopy
malposition/displacement
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- edema
| - oedema
fluid filled swelling
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-gamy
marriage, sexual union
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- geusia
| - geustia
sense of taste
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- iatry
| - iatrics
study and treatment
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-lysis
destruction, breakdown, loosening
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-lytic
pertaining to destruction/breakdown/loosening
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-necrosis
death
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- opia
- opy
- opsia
- opsy
visual disorder, vision, examination
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- orexia
| - orexis
appetite
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- osphresia
- osphresis
- osmia
sense of smell
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-penia
insufficient amount (of something)
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-ptosis
prolapse (slippping from usual location)
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- rrhagia
- rhagia
- rrhage
- rhage
rapid discharge (of, from an organ)
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-rrhaphy
suture, suturing
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- rrhea
| - rhea
discharge of/from
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- rrhexis
| - rhexis
rupture
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-sclerosis
hardening (of) hardening caused by a
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-sepsis
infection
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-septic
pertaining to infection/infected
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-spasm
involuntary movement
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-stasis
stagnation of flow/movement, cessation of flow or movement
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-stat
device used to control
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-static
pertaining to the control of, pertaining to the stagnation (or cessation of)
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-stenosis
constriction of a bathway, abnormal narrowing of
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-therapy
treatment (of) treatment by means (of)
