College Med Term Unit 8 (all)

Audio

Hearing

Blepharo

Eyelid

Broncho

Brounchus

Coreo

Pupil

Corneo or kerato

Cornea

Esthesio

Feeling or sensation

Irido

Iris

Lacrimo

Tears

Laryngo

Larynx (voice box)

Melano

Black

Naso

Nasal passage or nose

Nycto or nocti

Night

Ophthalmo

Eye

Opto

Vision

Oto

Ear

Phaco

Lens

Pharyngo

Pharynx

Phaso

Speech

Phono

Sound

Phreno

Diaphragm

Pleuro

Pleural membrane

Pneo

Breathe

pneumono or pneumo or pulmono

lung

presbyo

old

pyo

pus

retino

retina

rhino

nose

sclero

hard

spiro

respiration

thoraco

thorax

tracheo

trachea

tympano

eardrum

a- or an-

lack of or without

ambi-

both

brady-

slow

diplo-

double

endo-

inner

eso-

inward

ex-

outside

exo-

outward

hypo-

below or down

hyper-

above or upward

my-

close

tachy-

fast

eu-

easy or good

dys-

difficult or painful

-algia

pain

-eal

pertaining to

-opia

vision (suffix)

-pnea

breathing (suffix)

-spasm

involuntary contraction

-tropia

turning

ambiopia

vision with both eyes

analgesia

inability to feel pain/lack of pain

anesthesiology

study of a lack of feeling/sensation

aphasia

lack of speech

aphonia

without sound

atelectasis

condition of collapsed lung

audiology

study of hearing

audiometer

instrument used to measure sound

blepharedema

droopy eyelids

bradypnea

slow breathing

bronchospasm

involuntary contraction of the bronchus

corectasia

dilation of the pupil of the eye

corneoiritis

inflammation of the cornea

croup

inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children causing a barking cough

dyspnea

difficult/painful breathing

emphysema

disease of the lungs/breathlessness

exotropia

outward turning

hypertropia

above/upward turning

iridocele

hernia of the iris

keratotomy

incision of the cornea

laryngitis

inflammation of the larynx

laryngoscopy

process of using a scope to look at the larynx

myopia

close vision/nearsightedness

nasolacrimal

pertaining to the nasal passage and tear ducts

nasopharygitis

inflammation or the nasal nose and pharynx

nyctalopia

difficulty seeing at night

ophthalmologist

one who studies the eye

ophthalmometer

instrument used to measure the ye

ophthalmoscope

instrument used to look at the eye

optometrist

one who measures vision

otalgia

ear pain

otorrhea

dicharge of the ears

phacoemulsification

modern cataract surgery/eye's internal lens is liquefied and drained from the eye

pharyngomycosis

fungal infection affecting mucous membrane of the pharynx

pleurocentesis

surgical puncture for fluid removal of the pleural membrane

pneamonorrhagia

hemorrahe of the lungs

pneumothorax

air in the thorax/chest cavity

presbyopia

old vision

pulmonary

pertaining to the lungs

retinopexy

fixation of a prolapse of the retina

rhinolith

stone in the nose

rhinoplasty

surgical repair of the nose

sclerectomy

excision of the sclera (outer-white fibrous portion of the eye)

strabismus

squint/abnormal alignment of the eyes

tracheostomy

making a new opening in the trachea

tachyphasia

fast speech

tachypnea

fast breathing

tympanotomy

incision into the eardrum