Suffixes + Ear Roots — 1–20

-esthesia

Sensation (for example, cryesthesia: sensitivity to cold)

-algesia

Pain (for example, hypalgesia: decreased sensitivity to pain)

-osmia

Sense of smell (for example, pseudosmia: false sense of smell)

-geusia

Sense of taste (for example, parageusia: abnormal sense of taste)

-opsia

Condition of vision (for example, heteropsia: unequal vision in the two eyes)

-opia

Condition of the eye, vision (for example, hemianopia: blindness in half the visual field)

audi/o

Root meaning hearing. Example: audiology (aw-de-OL-o-je), defined as the study of hearing.

acous, acus, cus

Roots meaning sound, hearing. Example: acoustic (ah-KU-stik), defined as pertaining to sound or hearing.

ot/o

Root meaning ear. Example: ototoxic (o-to-TOKS-ik), defined as poisonous or harmful to the ear.

myring/o

Root meaning tympanic membrane. Example: myringotome (mih-RING-go-tome), defined as knife used for surgery on the eardrum.

tympan/o

Root meaning tympanic cavity (middle ear), tympanic membrane. Example: tympanometry (tim-pah-NOM-eh-tre), defined as measurement of transmission through the tympanic membrane and middle ear.

salping/o

Root meaning tube, auditory tube. Example: salpingoscopy (sal-ping-GOS-ko-pe), defined as endoscopic examination of the auditory tube.

staped/o, stapedi/o

Roots meaning stapes. Example: stapedoplasty (sta-pe-do-PLAS-te), defined as plastic repair of the stapes.

labyrinth/o

Root meaning labyrinth (inner ear). Example: labyrinthitis (lab-ih-rin-THI-tis), defined as inflammation of the inner ear (labyrinth).

vestibul/o

Root meaning vestibule, vestibular apparatus. Example: vestibulotomy (ves-tib-u-LOT-o-me), defined as incision of the vestibule of the inner ear.

cochle/o

Root meaning cochlea (of inner ear). Example: retrocochlear (ret-ro-KOK-le-ar), defined as behind the cochlea.

blephar/o

Root meaning eyelid. Example: symblepharon (sim-BLEF-ah-ron), defined as adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball (sym- means "together").

palpebr/o

Root meaning eyelid. Example: palpebral (PAL-peh-bral), defined as pertaining to an eyelid.

dacry/o

Root meaning tear, lacrimal apparatus. Example: dacryorrhea (dak-re-o-RE-ah), defined as discharge from the lacrimal apparatus.