Medical Terminology Flash Card Exam 2

labyrinth/o

labyrinth (inner ear)

cochle/o

cochlea

aur/i, aur/o, ot/o

ear

staped/o

stapes (middle ear bone)

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

mastoid/o

mastoid bone

vestibul/o

vestibule

irid/o, ir/o

iris

corne/o, kerat/o

cornea

cor/o, core/o, pupill/o

pupil

dacry/o, lacrim/o

tear, tear duct

ocul/o, ophthalm/o

eye

retin/o

retina

plegia

paralysis

opia

vision (condition)

ton/o

tension, pressure

dipl/o

two, double

cry/o

cold

bi, bin

two

phobia

abnnormal fear of or aversion to specific things

blephar/o

eyelid

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

canth/o

corner of the eye

cataract

waterfall or cloudiness

catarrh-

to flow down

cerebr/o, encephal/o

brain

ceru-

wax

a-/an-

without, not: total or partial loss of an ability

acou/o

hearing

af

toward

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain, painful condition

-ar

pertaining to

audi/o

hearing; the sense of hearing

aur/i

ear; auricle

aur/o

ear

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum

crani/o

cranium (skull)

cyst/o

bladder, sac

-cyte

cell (suffix)

dacry/o

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

dendr/o

branching, tree-like structure

dur/o

hard, dura mater

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

ef

away from: "EXIT"

encephal/o

brain

epi

upon, above

(a)esthesi/o

feeling, sensation

gangli/o

ganglion (knot or knotlike mass)

-glia

cells found throughout the nervous system that provide various types of support for neurons

gloss/o

tongue

-gram

record or picture

-graphy

the process of producing a picture or record

hydr/o

water, fluid

hyper

excessive

hypo

under, below

-ia

condition of

-iatry

treatment, specialty

-ic

pertaining to

-ician

specialist

-ictal

seizure, attack

intra

within

-ism

condition, state of

-ist

one who specializes in

-itis

inflammation of

kino

movement

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

-lepsy

seizure, convulsion

lingu/o

tongue

-logy

study of

-mania

obsessive preoccupation

megal/o

enlargement

mening/o

meninges

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metr/y

process or procedure of measuring

micr/o

small

mon/o

one, single

mot/o

motor, to move

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

nas/o

nose

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye, vision

-ocular

pertaining to the eye

olfact

smell

-ologist

one who studies, specialist

-ology

study of

ophthalm/o

eye, vision

-opia

condition of seeing

opt/o

eye

or/o

mouth, oral cavity

-ory

pertaining to

osse/o

bone

-ostomy

surgically create an opening

ot/o

ear

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to