Unit 3 Terms

-acusis, -cusis

hearing

-agon

assembling or gathering

-algia

pain

-emia

blood condition

-in, -ine

substance

-lepsy

seizure

-meter

measure

-opia, -opsia

vision condition

-otia

ear condition

-paresis

-phasia

speech

-plegia

paralysis

-praxia

action

-sthenia

strength

-tropia

to turn

-tropin

simulate or act on

-uria

urination

acous/o, audi/o

sound

aden/o

gland

adren/o, adrenal/o

adrenal gland

-alges/o, -algesia

sensitivity to pain

ambly/o

dim or dull

andr/o

male

aque/o

water

audit/o

hearing

aur/o, auricul/o

ear

blephar/o

eyelids

calc/o or calci/o

calcium

caus/o

burning

cerebelo

cerebellym

cochle/o

cochlear

comat/o

deep sleep

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva (lines the eyes)

cor/o, pupil/o

pupil

corne/o, kerat/o

cornea

cortic/o

cortex

crin/o

secrete

cycl/o

ciliary body of the eye

dacry/o, lacrim/o

tear

dips/o

thirst

dur/o

dura matter

encephal/o

brain

esthesi/o, esthesia

feeling

estr/o

female

eu-

good or normal

glauc/o

gray

gli/o

glial cells

gluc/o, glyc/o

glucose, sugar

gondad/o

sex glands

home/o

same or unchanging

hormon/o

hormone

hyper-

excessive

ir/o, irid/o

iris

kali

potassium

kines/o

movement

lact/o

milk

lept/o

thin

lex/o

word

mening/o

meninges

mi/o

smaller

myring/o, tympan/o

tympanic membrane

my/o

muscle

mydr/o

wide

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

myx/o

mucus

natr/o

sodium

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o

eye

opt/o

eye

ossicul/o

ossicles

ot/o

ear

oxy-

rapid, sharp

pan-

all

pancreat-

pancreas

phac/o, phak/o

lens of eye

phot/o

light

phys/o

growing

presby/o

old age

salping/o

fallopian tube

somat/o

body

ster/o

solid structure, steroid

syncope/o

cut off

tax/o

order, coordination

tetra-

four

thec/o

sheath

toc/o

labor, birth

ur/o

urine

xer/o

dry

blepharoplasty

surgical repair of the eyelid

vitrectomy

surgical removal of vitreous humor

otoscopy

Visual examination of the ear =

presbycusis

hearing loss due to old age

audiologost

Specialist in the study of hearing

myringotomy

removing the tympanic membrane

Ophthalmoscope

Instrument for visual examination of the eye =

keratitis

Inflammation of the cornea

otopyorrhea

Flow of pus from the ear =

hemianopia

no vision on half the vision field

diplopia

double vision

Aneurysm

enlarged, weakened area in the arterial wall, which may rupture, leading ot hemorrhage or CVA