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  1. acous/o
    hearing
  2. aden/o
    gland
  3. adren/o, adrenal/o
    adrenal gland
  4. andr/o
    male
  5. aque/o
    water
  6. audi/o
    hearing; the sense of hearing
  7. audit/o
    hearing
  8. aur/o, auricul/o
    ear
  9. blephar/o
    eyelid
  10. calc/o, calci/o
    calcium
  11. cerebell/o
    cerebellum
  12. cerebr/o
    cerebrum
  13. cochle/o
    cochlea
  14. conjunctiv/o
    conjuntiva
  15. cor/o
    pupil
  16. corne/o
    cornea
  17. cortic/o
    cortex, outer region
  18. crin/o
    secrete
  19. cycl/o
    ciliary body or muscle of the eye
  20. dacry/o
    tears, tear duct
  21. dips/o
    third
  22. dur/o
    dura mater
  23. encephal/o
    brain
  24. estr/o
    female
  25. gli/o
    glial cells
  26. gluc/o
    sugar
  27. glyc/o
    sugar
  28. gonad/o
    sex glands
  29. home/o
    sameness
  30. hormon/o
    hormone
  31. ir/o, irid/o
    iris
  32. kal/i
    potassium
  33. kerat/o
    cornea
  34. lacrim/o
    tears
  35. lact/o
    milk
  36. lept/o
    thin, slender
  37. mastoid/o
    mastoid process
  38. mening/o, mening/o
    membranes, meninges
  39. my/o
    muscle
  40. myel/o
    spinal cord, bone marrow
  41. myring/o
    eardrum, tympanic membrane
  42. myx/o
    mucus
  43. natr/o
    sodium
  44. neur/o
    nerve
  45. ocul/o
    eye
  46. ophthalam/o
    eye
  47. opt/o, optic/o
    eye, vision
  48. ossicul/o
    ossicle
  49. ot/o
    ear
  50. palpebr/o
    eyelid
  51. pancreat/o
    pancreas
  52. papill/o
    optic disc; nipple-like
  53. parathyroid/o
    parathyroid gland
  54. phac/o, phak/o
    lens of the eye
  55. phys/o
    growing
  56. pituitar/o
    pituitary gland; hypophysis
  57. pont/o
    pons
  58. pupill/o
    pupil
  59. radicul/o
    nerve root (of spinal nerves)
  60. retin/o
    retina
  61. salping/o
    eustachian tube, auditory tube
  62. scler/o
    sclera (white of the eye; hard
  63. somat/o
    body
  64. staped/o
    stapes (3rd)
  65. ster/o
    solid structure
  66. thalam/o
    thalamus
  67. thec/o
    sheath (refers to the meninges)
  68. thyr/o, thyroid/o
    thyroid gland
  69. toc/o
    childbrith
  70. toxic/o
    position
  71. tympan/o
    eardrum, tympanic membrane
  72. ur/o
    urine
  73. uve/o
    uvea; vascular layer of the eye
  74. vag/o
    vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
  75. vestibul/o
    vestibule
  76. vitre/o
    glassy
  77. -acusis or -cusis
    hearing
  78. -agon
    assemble, gather together
  79. alges/o, -algesia
    excessive sensitivity to pain
  80. -algia
    pain
  81. ambly/o
    dull, dim
  82. caus/o
    burning
  83. comat/o
    deep sleep (coma)
  84. dipl/o
    double
  85. -emia
    blood condition
  86. esthesi/o, -esthesia
    feeling, nervous sensation
  87. eu-
    good, normal
  88. glauc/o
    gray
  89. hyper-
    excessive, above
  90. hypo-
    deficient; below, under, less than normal
  91. -in, -ine
    a substance
  92. kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic
    movement
  93. -lepsy
    seizure
  94. lex/o
    word, phrase
  95. -meter
    instrument to measure
  96. mi/o
    smaller, less
  97. mydr/o
    widen, enlarge
  98. nyct/o
    night
  99. -opia
    vision
  100. -opsia
    vision
  101. -otia
    ear condition
  102. oxy-
    rapid, sharp, acid
  103. pan-
    all
  104. -paresis
    weakness
  105. -phasia
    speech
  106. phot/o
    light
  107. -plegia
    paralysis
  108. -praxia
    action
  109. presby/o
    old age
  110. scot/o
    darkness
  111. -sthenia
    strength
  112. syncop/o
    to cut off, cut short
  113. tax/o
    order, coordination
  114. tetra-
    four
  115. tri-
    three
  116. -tropia
    to turn
  117. -tropin
    stimulating the function of
  118. -uria
    urine condition
  119. xer/o
    dry
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Unit 3 Forms.txt
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