Prefixes For Ocular Anatomy And Physiology

Front 1

A-Ab-

Back 1

A lack of, away from (abnormal)

Front 2

A-An-

Back 2

Without (avascular)

Front 3

Ad-

Back 3

Toward (adduction)

Front 4

Aden/o-

Back 4

Pertaining to a gland (adenitis)

Front 5

Aniso-

Back 5

Unequal (anisometropic)

Front 6

Ante-

Back 6

Before, in front of (anterior)

Front 7

Anti-

Back 7

Against (antibacterial)

Front 8

Bi-

Back 8

Two (binocular)

Front 9

Bleph-

Back 9

Pertaining to the eyelids (blepharitis)

Front 10

Carcin-

Back 10

Cancerous (carcinogenic)

Front 11

Cephal-

Back 11

Pertaining to the head or the brain (cephaliitis)

Front 12

Chromo-

Back 12

With color (chromatic)

Front 13

Cil/o-

Back 13

Pertaining to eyelashes (cilia)

Front 14

Circum-

Back 14

Around (circumcorneal)

Front 15

Contra-

Back 15

Opposed to, against (contradiction)

Front 16

Core-

Back 16

Pertaining to the pupil (chloropathy)

Front 17

Crani-

Back 17

Skull (cranium)

Front 18

Cut-

Back 18

Skin (cutaneous)

Front 19

Cyclo -

Back 19

Pertaining to the ciliary body

Front 20

Cyst-

Back 20

Bladder or sac (cystitis)

Front 21

Cyto-

Back 21

Cell (cytology)

Front 22

Dacry-

Back 22

Pertaining to the lacrimal system (dicryocystitis)

Front 23

Derm-

Back 23

Skin (dermatitis)

Front 24

Di-

Back 24

Two (diplopia)

Front 25

Dys-

Back 25

Bad, painful (dyscoria)

Front 26

Ecto-

Back 26

Outward, outside (ectopian)

Front 27

En-Em-

Back 27

Inward, inside (entropain)

Front 28

Endo-

Back 28

Inside (endothelium)

Front 29

Epi-

Back 29

Outer (epithelium)

Front 30

Ex-

Back 30

Out (exhalation)

Front 31

Exo-

Back 31

Out (exoskeleton)

Front 32

Extra-

Back 32

Outside (extraocular)

Front 33

Hemi-

Back 33

Half (hemisphere)

Front 34

Hem/o

Back 34

Blood (hemorrhage)

Front 35

Hetero-

Back 35

Different (heterosexual)

Front 36

Hist/o-

Back 36

Tissue (histology)

Front 37

Hydr/a/o

Back 37

Water (hydrops)

Front 38

Hyper-

Back 38

Above, a excess of, upward (hypertropia)

Front 39

Hypo-

Back 39

Under, a deficiency of, downward (hypophoria)

Front 40

Im/In-

Back 40

In, or not (immature, inefficient)

Front 41

Infra-

Back 41

Below (infraorbital)

Front 42

Inter-

Back 42

Between (interpalpral)

Front 43

Intra-

Back 43

Within (intraocular)

Front 44

Irido-

Back 44

Pertaining to the iris (irisdodonesis)

Front 45

Kera/t/to-

Back 45

Pertaining to the cornea (keratitis)

Front 46

Lacri-

Back 46

Tears (lacrimal)

Front 47

Latero-

Back 47

Side (lateral)

Front 48

Macro-

Back 48

Large (marcophthalmus)

Front 49

Megal/a/o

Back 49

Great or large (megalocornea)

Front 50

Macro-

Back 50

Small (macrocyst)

Front 51

Neo-

Back 51

New (neovascularization)

Front 52

Neuro-

Back 52

Nerve (neoreceptors)

Front 53

Ocul/i/o-

Back 53

The eye (ocularist)

Front 54

Ophthalm-

Back 54

Pertaining to the eye (ophthalmometer)

Front 55

Opt/i-

Back 55

The eye (optician)

Front 56

Ortho-

Back 56

Strait (orthoptist)

Front 57

Papillo/a-

Back 57

Nipple like elevation (papillary)

Front 58

Para-

Back 58

Besides, beyond (paraneural)

Front 59

Path/o-

Back 59

Disease (pathology)

Front 60

Peri-

Back 60

Around (perimeter)

Front 61

Phaco-

Back 61

Pertaining to the lens (phakoemulsification)

Front 62

Philo-

Back 62

A love of (philology)

Front 63

Photo-

Back 63

Light (photosynthesis)

Front 64

Post-

Back 64

After (posterior)

Front 65

Pre-

Back 65

Before (precorneal)

Front 66

Pseudo-

Back 66

False (pseudophakia)

Front 67

Retro-

Back 67

Behind, backwards (retrobulbar)

Front 68

Sclero-

Back 68

Pertaining to the sclera (scleritis)

Front 69

Semi-

Back 69

One half or partially (semilunar)

Front 70

Poly-

Back 70

Many (polymorphism)

Front 71

Sub-

Back 71

Below, or under (subconjunctival)

Front 72

Super-

Back 72

In the upper part (superior)

Front 73

Supra-

Back 73

Above (supraorbital)

Front 74

Sym-

Back 74

With/together (symblepharon)

Front 75

Syn-

Back 75

With/together (synechia)

Front 76

Trans-

Back 76

Through (transdermal)

Front 77

Tri-

Back 77

Three (triphosphate)

Front 78

Trich-

Back 78

Hair (trichiasis)

Front 79

Uni-

Back 79

One (uniocular)