The Senses: The Ear

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Chapter 15

• The Senses The Ear

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Prefixes

• end-, endo- within
• peri- around

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Roots Combining Forms

• acoust- hearing
• audi-, audio- to hear
• auditor- hearing
• aur- the ear
• cochleo- land snail
• labyrinth-, labyrintho- maze
• mast- breast
• myc- fungus
• myring-, myringo- drum membrane
• ot-, oto- ear

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• pharynge- pharynx
• phone- voice
• presby- old
• pyo- pus
• rhino- hardening
• scler- stirrup
• staped- stirrup
• steat- fat
• tinnit- a jingling
• tympan- drum

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Suffixes

• -cusis hearing
• -dynia pain
• -gram mark, record
• -graphy recording
• -lith stone
• -lymph serum, clear fluid
• -meter measuring instrument, measure
• -metry measurement
• -oid resemble

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Suffixes (cont)

• -oma tumor
• -osis condition of
• -plasty surgical repair
• -rrhea flow, discharge
• -scope instument
• -tome cutting instrument
• -tomy incision
• -us pertaining to
• -y pertaining to

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Chapter 16

• Special Senses The Eye

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Prefixes

• a- without, lack of
• bi- two
• dipl- double
• ec- out
• em- in
• eso- inward
• intra- within
• tri- three

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Roots Combining Forms

• ambly- dull
• ametr- disproportionate
• ansio- unequal
• blephar-, blepharo- eyelid
• choroid-, choroido- choroid
• cor- pupil
• corne- cornea
• cycl-, cyclo- ciliary body
• dacry-, dacryo- tear
• foc- focus

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• gonio- angle
• irid-, irido- iris
• kerat-, kerato- cornea
• lacrim- tear
• nyctal- blind
• ocul-, opthalm-, opthalmo-, opt-, opto- eye
• phaco- lens
• phak- lentil, lens
• photo- light

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• presby- old
• pupill- pupil
• retin-, retino- retina
• scler- sclera
• stigmat- point
• tono- tone
• uve- uvea
• xen- foreign material
• xer- dry

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Suffixes

• -lysis destruction
• -opia eye, vision
• -ptosis drooping

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Chapter 17 18

• The Female Reproductive System

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Prefixes

• ante- before
• contra- against
• dys- difficult, painful
• multi- many
• nulli- none
• primi- first
• tri- three

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Roots Combining Forms

• abort- to miscarry
• amnio- lamb
• bartholin- Bartholins glands
• cervic- cervix
• coit- a coming together
• colpo- vagina
• genital- belonging to birth

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• gyneco- female
• hymen- hymen
• hyster-, hystero- uterus
• mammo-, mast- breast
• men-, meno- month
• metr-, metri-, metro- womb, uterus
• oo- ovum, egg

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• oophor- ovary
• partum- labor
• perineo- perineum
• salping-, salpingo- tube
• uter- uterus
• vagin- vagina
• venere- sexual intercourse

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Suffixes

• -cele hernia, tumor, swelling
• -centesis surgical puncture
• -cyesis pregnancy
• -genesis formation, produce
• -ia, -osis condition
• -oma tumor
• -plasty surgical repair
• -rrhagia to burst forth
• -rrhapy suture
• -rrhea flow, discharge
• -scope instrument
• -tome cutting instrument
• -tomy incision

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Chapter 19

• The Male Reproductive System

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Prefixes

• circum- around
• epi- upon
• hydro- water
• hypo- under, below, deficient
• oligo- little, scanty

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Roots Combining Forms

• balan- glans
• cis- to cut
• crypt- hidden
• cyst- bladder
• didym- testis
• orch-, orchid-, orchido- testicle
• pen- penis
• phim- a muzzle
• prostat-, prostato- prostate

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Roots Combining Forms (cont)

• spadias- a rent, an opening
• sperm-, spermat-, spermi-, spermato- seed
• testicul- testicle
• varico- twisted vein
• vas- vessle
• vesicul- vesicle
• zoo- animal
• zoon- life

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Suffixes

• -algia pain
• -blast immature cell, germ cell
• -cele hernia, tumor, swelling
• -cide to kill
• -ectomy excision
• -genesis formation, produce
• -ia, -ism, -osis condition

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Suffixes (cont)

• -ion process
• -itis inflammation
• -megaly enlargement
• -pexy fixation
• -plasty surgical repair
• -tomy incision
• -uria urine