Special Senses terms 😓

acous/o (ur ear lets u what?)

hearing

acoust/o

hearing; sound

blephar/o

eyelid

core/o

pupil

aque/o

water

aur/o; ot/o (what lets u hear?)

ear

gustat/o

taste

graph/o ✍🏽

writing

ir/o

iris

corne/o

cornea

lacrim/o 😢

tears

cry/o (im crying cuz im cold)

cold

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

olfact/o

smell

son/o

sound

phot/o (photos need light)

light

tympan/o; myring/o 👂🏽🥁

eardrum

vestibul/o

vestibule

ophthalm/o; ocul/o

eye

optic/o

eye; vision

vitre/o 👓

glassy

staped/o

stapes

cerumin/o

cerumen

steat/o

sebum; fat

rhin/o

nose

presby/o 🧓🏿

old age

ossic/o

ossicle small bone

outward

exo–

within; into

intra–

out; outside

ecto–

not; without

an–

below; beneath; inferior

infra–

below; deficient

hypo–

inward

eso–

in; within

endo–

–al, –ic, –ous

pertaining to

–meter

measure

–itis

inflammation

–ectomy

surgical removal

–ism

process; condition

–plasty

surgical repair

–stomy

surgical opening

–tomy

process of cutting

–oma

tumor

–opia

vision condition

–ptosis

droop; protrude

–sclerosis

hardening

–spasm

muscle contraction

–motor (motion)

movement