Medical Terminology Chapter 13

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Aden/o

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Gland

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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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Blast/o

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Immature

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Chromat/o

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Color

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Corne/o

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Cornea

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Cycl/o

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Ciliary body

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Cyst/o

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Sac

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Dacry/o

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Tears

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Dipl/o

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Double

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Emmetr/o

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Correct, proper

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Esthesi/o

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Sensation, feeling

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Glauc/o

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Gray

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Ir/o

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Iris

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Irid/o

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Iris

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Kerat/o

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Cornea

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Lacrim/o

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Tears

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Macul/o

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Macula lutea

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Mi/o

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Lessening

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Mydr/i

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Widening

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Nyctal/o

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Night

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Ocul/o

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Eye

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Opt/o

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Eye, vision

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Optic/o

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Eye, vision

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Papill/o

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Optic disk

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Phac/o

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Lens

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Phot/o

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Light

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Presby/o

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Old age

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Pupill/o

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Pupil

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Retin/o

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Retina

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Scler/o

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Sclera

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stigmat/o

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Point

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Ton/o

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Tone

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Uve/o

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Choroid

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Xer/o

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Dry

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Eso-

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Inward

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Exo-

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Outward

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Myo-

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To shut

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Acous/o

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Hearing

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Audi/o

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Hearing

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Audit/o

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Hearing

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Aur/o

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Ear

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Auricul/o

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Ear

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Cerumin/o

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Cerumen

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Cochle/o

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Cochlea

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Myring/o

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Tympanic membrane

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Ot/o

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Ear

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Presby/o

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Old age

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Py/o

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Pus

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Salping/o

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Auditory tube

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Staped/o

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Stapes

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Tympan/o

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Tympanic membrane

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Vestibul/o

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Vestibule

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-emetic

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Pertaining to vomiting

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-cusis

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Hearing

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-rrhagia

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Abnormal flow

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-rhexis

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Rupture

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-rrhea

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Discharge

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-rrhaphy

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Suture

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Cerumen

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Earwax

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Ossicles

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3 tiny bones in the middle ear

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The three types of ossicles are...

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Malleus, incus, stapes

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Photoreceptors

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Rods and cones of the retina. Converts images into neurological impulses

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Visual acuity

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Letter and number eye test

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Peripheral vision

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Ability to see movement outside the line of sight. Responsibility of the rods

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Conjunctivitis

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Pink eye

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Tinnitus

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Ringing, buzzing, roaring, or clicking noise

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Gustation

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Taste; a chemical sense perceived by special receptors (taste buds)

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Taste vs flavor

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Flavor has to do with your taste buds combined with smell

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Umami

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Sensation of savory

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Olfaction

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Smell

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Olfactory complex

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Main sensory organ of smell. Translates odors into neural impulses

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Hyperosmia

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Hypersensitivity to odors

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Anosmia

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Absence of sense of smell

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Tacticoception

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Touch; the ability to feel objects

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Mechanoreceptors

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Neurons that convert touch into electrical signals for the brain

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Nociceptors

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Pain receptors