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128 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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-al, -ar, -ic
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pertaining to
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-algia
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pain
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-chalasis
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relaxation, slackening
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-acusis
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hearing
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-ectomy
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removal, excision
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-edema
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swelling
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-graphy
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process of recording
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-ia
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condition
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-ion, -ation
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process of
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-itis
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inflammation
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-metry
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process of measurement
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-oma
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tumor, mass
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-opia, -opsia
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vision condition
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-pathy
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disease process
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-phobia
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condition of fear (extreme sensitivity)
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-ptosis
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drooping, prolapsed, sagging, falling
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-rrhaphy
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suture, repair
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-rrhea
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discharge, flow
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-sclerosis
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abnormal condition of hardening
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-scopy
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process of viewing
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-stomy
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new opening
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-tomy
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incision, cutting
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-um
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structure, thing
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ABR
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auditory brain response
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Acc
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accommodation
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ACS
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anterior ciliary sclerotomy
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AK
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astigmatic keratotomy
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ARMD, AMD
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age-related macular degeneration
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ASL
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American sign language
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Astigm, As, Ast
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astigmatism
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ECCE
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extracapsular cataract extraction
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EM, Em
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emmetropia
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ENT
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ear, nose, throat
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EOM
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extraocular movements
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ICCE
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intracapsular cataract extraction
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ICL
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implantable contact lens
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IOL
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intraocular lens
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IOP
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intraocular pressure
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LASIK
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laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis
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MY
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myopia
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NPDR
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nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy
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OAE
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otoacoustic emission
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OM
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otitis media
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Ophth
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ophthalmology
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Oto
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otology
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PDR
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proliferative diabetic retinopathy
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PRK
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photorefractive keratectomy
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TM
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tympanic membrane
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UNHS
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Universal Newborn Hearing Screening test
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VA
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visual acuity
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VF
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visual field
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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bin-
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two
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e-, ec-, ex-
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out, outward
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endo-
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within
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eso-
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inward
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exo-
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outward
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extra-
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outside
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hemi-
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half
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hyper-
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excessive, above
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hypo-
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under, deficient, below
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intra-
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within
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macro-
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large
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micro-
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small
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neo-
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new
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peri-
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surrounding, around
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presby-
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old age
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supra-
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above, upward
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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angi/o
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vessel
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audi/o, acous/o
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hearing
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blast/o
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embryonic, immature
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blephar/o, palpebr/o
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eyelid
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canth/o
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canthus (corner of eye)
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cerumin/o
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cerumen (earwax)
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chol/e
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bile, gall
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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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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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corne/o, kerat/o
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cornea
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cycl/o
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ciliary body
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dacryoaden/o
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lacrimal gland
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dacryocyst/o
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lacrimal sac
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dipl/o
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double
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glauc/o
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gray, bluish green
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goni/o
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angle
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hemangi/o
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blood vessel
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ir/o, irid/o
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iris
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is/o
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equal
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labyrinth/o
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labyrinth (inner ear)
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lacrim/o, dacry/o
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tears
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lymph/o, lymphat/o
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lymph
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macul/o
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macula lutea, spot
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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meat/o
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meatus (opening)
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melan/o
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dark, black
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my/o
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to shut
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nat/o
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born, birth
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neur/o
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nerve
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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nyctal/o
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night blindness
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ocul/o, ophthalm/o
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eye
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opt/o, optic/o
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vision
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orbit/o
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orbit
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ossicul/o
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ossicle (tiny bone)
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ot/o, aur/o, auricul/o
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ear
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papill/o
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optic disk
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phak/o, phac/o
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lens
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phot/o
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light
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pupill/o, core/o, cor/o
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pupil
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retin/o
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retina
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salping/o
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eustachian tube
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scler/o
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sclera
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scot/o
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darkness
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son/o
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sound
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staped/o
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stapes, stirrup
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steat/o
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fat
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ton/o
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tone, tension
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trabecul/o
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little beam
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tract/o
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to pull, pulling
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trop/o
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turning, to turn
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tympan/o, myring/o
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eardrum
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uve/o
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uvea
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vestibul/o
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vestibule
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viscer/o
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viscera, organs
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vitre/o, vitr/o
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vitreous humor, glassy
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