Medical Terminology - Special Senses

ambyl/o

dull, dim

anis/o

unequal

audi/o

hearing; the sense of hearing

aur/i

ear

blephar/o

eyelid

chol/e

bile, gall

cochle/o

cochlea, snail-like

choroid/o

choroid layer of eye

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva (to join together)

cor/o

pupil (opening of eye)

corne/o

cornea of eye

dacry/o

tears, tear duct

dipl/o

two, double

electr/o

electricity

foc/o

focus, point

goni/o

angle

irid/o

iris, colored part of eye

kerat/o

horny tissue; hard; cornea

labyrinth/o

labyrinth, inner ear, maze

laryng/o

larynx (voice box)

lent/o

lens of the eye

mast/o

breast; mastoid process

mi/o

smaller, less

my/o

muscle

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

ocul/o

eye, vision

opthalm/o

eye, vision

opt/o

eye, vision

ot/o

ear, hearing

orth/o

straight, upright

phac/o

lens of the eye

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

phot/o

light

presby/o

old

pupill/o

pupil of the eye

py/o

pus

retin/o

retina of the eye

scler/o

hard

stigmat/o

point

staped/o

stapes (middle ear bone), stirrup

steat/o

fat

trich/o

hair

trop/o

to turn

tympan/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

xen/o

foreign material

xer/o

dry