Combining Form (Root Word plus Combining Vowel) | Meaning |
---|---|
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 |
intra- | within; into |
-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 |
-osmia | 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 |