Medical Terminology for Hearing and Vision Special Senses

acous/o

hearing

acoust/o

hearing; sound

ambly/o

dull; dim

aque/o

water

audi/o, audit/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

blephar/o

eyelid

cerumin/o

cerumen

cochle/o

cochlea

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o, core/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

cry/o

cold

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac; bladder

dacry/o

tear

dipl/o

double

glauc/o

gray

graph/o

writing

gustat/o

taste

ir/o, irid/o

iris

kerat/o

cornea

lacrim/o

tears

mi/o

smaller; less

mydr/o

widened; enlarged

myring/o

tympanic membrane; eardrum

nyct/o

night

ocul/o

eye

olfact/o

smell

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o, optic/o

eye; vision

orbit/o

eye socket

ossic/o

ossicle (small bone)

ot/o

ear

papill/o

optic disc; nipple-like

phac/o, phak/o

lens of the eye

phon/o

sound

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

retin/o

retina

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

Eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube

scot/o

darkness

staped/o

stapes (middle ear bone)

steat/o

sebum; fat

stigmat/o

point

ton/o

tone; tension

tympan/o

eardrum

vestibul/o

vestibule

vitr/o

vitreous body

vitre/o

glassy

a-, an-

not; without

ec-

out; outside

en-

in; within

eso-

inward

exo-

outward

hyper-

above; above normal; excessive

hypo-

below; below normal; deficient

infra-

below; beneath; inferior

-al, -ar, -atic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic

pertaining to

-cusis

hearing

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-esthesia

feeling; sensation

-gram

record; image

-ia

condition

-ion

process; state; condition

-ism

process; condition

-itis

inflammation

-meter

measure

-metry

process of measuring

-motor

movement

-oma

tumor; mass

-opia

vision condition

-osmias

smell condition

-otia

ear condition

-pathy

disease

-pexy

surgical fixation

-phobia

fear

-plasty

surgical repair

-plegia

paralysis

-ptosis

droop; sag; prolapse; protrude

-sclerosis

hardening; thickening

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-spasm

muscle contraction

-stomy

surgical opening

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

-tropia

to turn

AD

right ear (Latin auris dextra)

ARMD

age-related macular degeneration

AS

left ear (Latin auris sinistra)

As.

astigmatism

AU

each ear (Latin auris uterque)

b.i.d.

twice per day (Latin bis in die)

cc

cubic centimeters

CPOA

certified paraoptometric assistant

Gtt, gtt

drops

hs

half strength; bedtime (Latin hora somni)

Hy

hyperopia

LASIK

laser in situ keratotomy

My

myopia