Chapter 11 Defs Flashcards by Caroline Ippolito

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a-

A

without; not

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acous/o, audi/o, audit/o

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hearing

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-acusis

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hearing

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-algia, -dynia

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pain

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ana-

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against; up; back

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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choroid/o

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choroid

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chromat/o

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color

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cochle/o

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cochlea

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corne/o

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cornea

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dacry/o, lacrim/o

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tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

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dipl-

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double

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dipl/o

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double

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-ectomy

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excision, removal

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-edema

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swelling

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erythr/o

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red

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eso-

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inward

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exo-

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outside, outward

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hyper-

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excessive, above normal

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irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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horny tissue; hard; cornea

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-logist

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specialist in the study of

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-logy

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study of

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-malacia

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softening

-metry

act of measuring

my/o

muscle

myring/o, tympan/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

neur/o

nerve

ocul/o, ophthalm/o

eye

-oma

tumor

-opia, -opsia

vision

-osis

abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)

ot/o

ear

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

presby/o

old age

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

retin/o

retina

-rrhexis

rupture

salping/o

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

-salpinx

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

scler/o

hardening; sclera (white of the eye)

-scope

instrument for examining

-scopy

visual examination

-spasm

involuntary contraction, twitching

-stenosis

narrowing, stricture

-tomy

incision

ton/o. .?????

tension

-tropia

turning

xanth/o

yellow