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72 Terms

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acous/o

hearing

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acoust/o

hearing; sound

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ambly/o

dull; dim

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aque/o

water

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audi/o, audit/o

hearing

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blephar/o

eyelid

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cerumin/o

cerumen

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cochle/o

cochlea

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conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

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cor/o, core/o

pupil

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corne/o

cornea

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cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

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dacry/o

tear

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dipl/o

double

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glauc/o

gray

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graph/o

writing

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gustat/o

taste

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ir/o, irid/o

iris

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kerat/o

cornea

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lacrim/o

tears

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mi/o

smaller; less

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mydr/o

widened; enlarged

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myring/o

tympanic membrane; eardrum

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nyct/o

night

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ocul/o

eye

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olfact/o

smell

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ophthalm/o

eye

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opt/o, optic

eye; vision

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ossic/o

ossicle (small bone)

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ot/o

ear

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papill/o

optic disc; nipple-like

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phac/o, phak/o

lens of the eye

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phot/o

light

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presby/o

old age

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retin/o

retina

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salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; Fallopian tube

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scot/o

darkness

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staped/o

stapes (middle ear bone)

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steat/o

sebum; fat

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stigmat/o

point

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vestibul/o

vestibule

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vitr/o

vitreous body

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vitre/o

glassy

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a-, an-

not; without

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ec-

out; outside

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en-

in; within

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eso-

inward

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exo-

outward

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hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

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hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

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intra-

within; into

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

pertaining to

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-cusis

hearing

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-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

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-esthesia

feeling; sensation

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-ia

condition

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-ion

process; state; condition

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-ism

process; condition

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-itis

inflammation

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-metry

process of measuring

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-oma

tumor; mass

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-opia

vision condition

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-osmia

smell condition

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-otia

ear condition

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-pathy

disease

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-plasty

surgical repair

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-ptosis

droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

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-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

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-scope

instrument used to view

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-scopy

visual examination using a scope

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-tomy

process of cutting; incision

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-tropia

to turn

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