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ambly/o
- dull, dim
- ambly/opia - dimness of vision
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aque/o
- water
- aque/ous - pertaining to water
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blephar/o
- eyelid
- blephar/o/ptosis - prolapse or downward displacement of the eyelid
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choroid/o
- choroid
- choroid/o/pathy - disease of the choroid
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conjunctiv/o
- conjunctiva
- conjunctiv/al - pertaining to the conjunctiva
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core/o
- pupil
- core/o/meter - instrument for measuring the pupil
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pupill/o
- pupil
- pupill/o/graphy - process of recording (movement of) the pupil
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corne/o
- cornea
- corne/al - pertaining to the cornea
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cycl/o
- ciliary body of eye; circular; cycle
- cycl/o/plegia - paralysis of the ciliary body
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dacry/o
- tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
- dacry/oma - tumorlike swelling of the lacrimal duct
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lacrim/o
- tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
- lacrim/o/tomy - incision of the lacrimal duct or sac
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dacryocyst/o
- lacrimal sac
- dacryocyst/o/ptosis - prolapse of the lacrimal sac
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glauc/o
- gray
- glauc/oma - gray tumor
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goni/o
- angle
- goni/o/scopy - visual examination of the irideocorneal angle
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irid/o
- iris
- irid/o/plegia - paralysis of (the sphincter of) the iris
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kerat/o
- horny tissue; hard; cornea
- kerat/o/tomy - incision of the cornea
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ocul/o
- eye
- ocul/o/myc/osis - fungal infection of the eye (or its parts)
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ophthalm/o
- eye
- opthalm/o/logist - specialist in the study of the eye
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opt/o
- eye, vision
- opt/o/metry - act of measuring vision
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optic/o
- eye, vision
- optic/al - pertaining to the eye or vision
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phac/o
- lens
- phac/o/cele - herniation (displacement) of the lens into the interior chamber of the eye
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phot/o
- light
- phot/o/phobia - abnormal fear of (intolerance to) light
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presby/o
- old age
- presby/opia - (poor) vision (associated with) old age
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retin/o
- retina
- retin/o/sis - abnormal condition of the retina
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scler/o
- hardening; sclera (white of eye)
- scler/o/malacia - softening of the sclera
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scot/o
- darkness
- scot/o/ma - dark, tumorlike spot
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vitr/o
- vitreous body (of eye)
- vitr/ectomy - removal of the (contents of the) vitreous chamber
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audi/o
- hearing
- audi/o/meter - instrument to measure hearing
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labyrinth/o
- labyrinth (inner ear)
- labyrinth/o/tomy - incision of the labyrinth
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mastoid/o
- mastoid process
- mastoid/ectomy - removal of the mastoid process
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ot/o
- ear
- ot/o/py/o/rrhea - discharge of puss from the ear
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salping/o
- tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian (auditory) tubes)
- salping/o/scope - instrument to examine the eustachian tubes
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staped/o
- stapes
- staped/ectomy - excision of the stapes
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myring/o
- tympanic membrane (eardrum)
- myring/o/myc/osis - abnormal condition due to fungal infection of the tympanic membrane
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tympan/o
- tympanic membrane (eardrum)
- tympan/o/stomy - forming an opening in the tympanic membrane
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-acusia
- hearing
- an/acusia - not hearing (deafness)
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-cusis
- hearing
- presby/cusis - hearing (loss) associated with old age
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-opia
- vision
- dipl/opia - double vision
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-opsia
- vision
- heter/opsia - inequality of vision (in the two eyes)
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tropia
- turning
- eso/tropia - turning inward (of the eyes); also called convergent strabismus or crossed eyes
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exo-
- outside, outward
- exo/tropia - abnormal turning outward of (one or both eyes); also called divergent strabismus
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hyper-
- excessive, above normal
- hyper/opia - excess (farsighted) vision
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