Med Term- Special Senses

acous/o

acous/o

hearing

acoust/o

hearing; sound

ambyl/o

dull; dim

aque/o

water

audi/o

hearing; sound

blephar/o

eyelid

cerumin/o

cerumen

cochle/o

cochlea

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac

dacyr/o

tear

dipl/o

double

glauc/o

gray

graph/o

writing

gustat/o

taste

ir/o

iris

kerat/o

cornea

lacrim/o

tears

mi/o

smaller; less

mydr/o

widened; enlargened

myring/o

tympanic membrane

nyet/o

night

ocul/o

eye

olfact/o

smell

opthalm/o

eye

opt/o

eye; vision

ossic/o

ossicle

ot/o

ear

papill/o

nipple- like

phac/o

lens of the eye

phot/o

light

presby.o

old age

retin/o

retina

salping/o

Eustachian tube

scot/o

darkness

staped/o

stapes (middle ear bones)

steat/o

sebum; fat

vesticul/o

vesticle

vitr/o

vitreous body

vitre/o

glassy

ec-

out; outside

en-

in; within

eso-

inward

exo-

outward

hyper-

excessive

hypo-

deficient

intra-

within

-cusis

hearing

-ectomy

surgical removal

-esthesia

sensation

-ia -ion- ism

condition; state

-metry

measure

-oma

tumor; mass

-opia

vision condition

-otia

ear condition

-osmia

smell condition

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-ptosis

droop; sag

-sclerosis

hardening

-scope

viewing instrument

-scopy

visual examination

-tomy

surgical incision

-tropia

to turn

AD

right ear

ARMD

age related macular degeneration

AS

left ear

AU

each ear

As.

astigmatism

b.i.d.

twice per day

cc

cubic centimeters

CPOA

certified paraoptometric assistant

hs

half strength

Hy

hyperopia

LASIK

laser in situ keratomy

My

myopia

OD

doctor of optometry

OD

right eye

oint

ointment

OS

left eye

OU

each eye

PERRLA

pupils equal round, reactive to light and accomodation

phaco

phacoemulsification

p.o.

by mouth

Pr

presbyopia

q.i.d.

4 times per day

RN

registered nurse

t.i.d.

three times per day

VA

visual activity

Vf

field of activity