Terminology- The Eye

aque/o

water

blephar/o

eyelid

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

cycl/o

ciliary body or muscle of the eye

dacry/o

tears, tear duct

ir/o

iris ( colored portion of the eye around the pupil)

irid/o

iris (d)

kerat/o

cornea (k)

lacrim/o

tears

ocul/o

eye

opthalm/o

eye (op)

opt/o

eye, vision

optic/o

eye, vision (ic)

palpebr/o

eyelid

papill/o

optic disc; nipple-like

phac/o

lens of the eye

phak/o

lens of the eye (k)

pupill/o

pupil

scler/o

sclera (white of the eye): hard

uve/o

uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary, body, and choroid)

vitre/o

glassy

ambly/o

dull,dim

dipl/o

double

glauc/o

gray

mi/o

smaller, less

mydr/o

widen, enlarge

nyet/o

night

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

scot/o

darkness

xer/o

dry

-opia

vision

-opsia

vision

-tropia

to turn