Sense terms

Acous/o

Hearing

Acoust/o

Hearing; sound

Ambly/o

Dull; dim

Aque/o

Water

Audi/o, audit/o

Hearing

Blephar/o

Eyelid

Cerumin/o

Cerumen

Cochle/o

Cochlea

Conjunctiv/o

Conjunctivia

Cor/o, core/o

Pupil

Corne/o

Cornea

Cyst/o

Cyst; fluid sac; bladder

Dacry/o

Tear

Dipl/o

Double

Glauc/o

Gray

Graph/o

Writing

Gustat/o

Taste

Ir/o, irid/o

Iris

Kerat/o

Cornea

Lacrim/o

Tears

Mi/o

Smaller; less

Mydr/o

Widened; enlarged

Myring/o

Tympanic membrane; eardrum

Nyct/o

Right

Ocul/o

Eye

Olfact/o

Smell

Ophthalm/o

Eye

Opt/o, optic/o

Eye; vision

Ossic/o

Ossicle (small bones)

Ot/o

Ear

Papill/o

Optic disc; nipple like

Phac/o, phak/o

Lens of the eye

Phot/o

Light

Presby/o

Old age

Regin/o

Retina

Sapling/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

Scot/o

Darkness

Staped/o

Stapes (middle ear tone)

Steat/o

Sebum; fat

Stigmat/o

Point

Vestibul/o

Vestible

Vitr/o

Vitreous body

Vitre/o

Glassy

A-, an-

Not; without

Ec-

Out; outside

En-

In; within

Eso-

Inward

Exo-

Outward

Hyper-

Above; above normal; excessive

Hypo-

Below; below normal, deficient

Intra-

Within; into

-al; -atic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic

Pertaining to

-cusis

Hearing

-ectomy

Surgical removal; excision

-esthesia

Feeling; sensation

-ia

Condition

-ion

Process; state; condition

-ism

Process; condition

-itis

Inflammation

-metry

Process of measuring

-oma

Tumor; mass

-opia

Vision condition

-osmia

Smell condition

-otia

Ear condition

-pathy

Disease

-plasty

Surgical repair

-ptosis

Droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

-Sclerosis

Hardening; thickening

-scope

Instrument used to view

-scope

Visual examination using a scope

-tomy

Process of cutting; incision

-tropia

To turn