eyes and ears root words

blephar/o

eyelid

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

dacry/o

tears

ir/o

iris

irid/o

iris

kerat/o

cornea

lacrim/o

tears

ocul/o

eye

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

vision

phac/o

lens

phak/o

lens

pupill/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

scler/o

sclera

uve/o

uvea

angi/o

blood vessels

blast/o

developing cell, germ cell

cry/o

cold

cyst/o

bladder

dipl/o

two, double

is/o

equal

leuk/o

white

myc/o

fungus

nas/o

nose

phot/o

light

pseud/o

false

rhin/o

nose

ton/o

tension, pressure

xer/o

dry, dryness

a-, an-

absence of

bin-

two

endo-

within

intra-

within

-al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ectomy

excision

-graphy

process to image

-ia

diseased, abnormal state

-itis

inflammation

-logist

person who studies

-logy

study of

-malacia

softening

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

measurement

-oma

tumor, swelling

-opia

vision

-osis

abnormal condition

-pathy

disease

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phobia

abnormal fear or aversion

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

drooping, sagging, prolapse

-scope

instrument used for visual exam

-scopy

visual exam

-stomy

artifical opening

-tomy

cut into

audi/o

hearing

aur/i

ear

cochle/o

cochlea

labyrinth/o

labyrinth

mastoid/o

mastoid bone

myring/o

tympanic membrane

ot/o

ear

staped/o

stapes

tympan/o

middle ear

vestibul/o

vestibule

electr/o

electricity 

py/o

pus

-gram

image

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-sclerosis

hardening