eyes and ears word parts

word roots, prefixes, and suffixes of the eyes and ears

ambly/o

dull or dim

aque/o

water

blast/o

immature

blephar/o

eyelid

chromat/o

color

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva the mucous membrane that covers the front of the eye and lines the eyelids.

corne/o

kerat/o

cornea

cor/o

pupil

cycl/o

cillary body

dacry/o

lacrim/o

tears

dipl/o

double

emmetr/o

correct, proper

glauc/o

gray

ir/o

irid/o

iris

macul/o

macula lutea

mi/o

lessening

mydri/o

widening

nyctal/o

night

ocul/o

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

optic/o

eye, vision

papill/o

optic disk

phac/o

lens

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

pupill/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

scler/o

sclera

stigmat/o

point

uve/o

vascular

vitre/o

glassy

-ician

specialist

-metrist

one who measures

-opia

-opsia

vision condition

-phobia

fear

-tropia

turned conditon

aniso-

unequal

eso-

inward

exo-

outward

myo-

to shut

acous/o

audi/o

audit/o

hearing

aur/o

auricul/o

ear

cerumin/o

cerumin

cochle/o

cochlea

labrynith/o

labyrinth

myring/o

tympan/o

tympanic membrane

ot/o

ear

salping/o

auditory/eustachian tube

staped/o

stapes

vestibul/o

vestibule

-cusis

hearing

-otia

ear condition