Medical Terminology Chapter 11 - Word Roots

blephar/o

eyelid

irid/o

iris, colored part of the eye

karat/o

horny, hard, cornea

myring/o

tympanic, membrane, eardrum

ophthalm/o

eye, vision

opt/o

eye, vision, sight

ot/o

ear, hearing

phak/o

lens of the eye

presby/o

old age

retin/o

retina, net

scler/o

sclera, white of the eye, hard

trop/o

turn, change

tympan/o

tympanic membrane, ear drum

ocul/o

eye

canth/o

corn of the eye

tars/o

edge of the eye lid

emmetr/o

proper measures

orbit/o

eyeball, bony socket

conjunctiv/o

conjuctiva

dacry/o

tear

aden/o

gland

xer/o

dry

uve/o

uvea

scler/o

sclera,white of the eye, hard

anis/o

unequal

cor/o

pupil

phot/o

light

mydrias/i

dialtion of the pupil

papill/o, papill/i

nipple like

macul/o

spot

tars/o

eyelids

lacrim/o

lacrime

vi

vitreos humor

bar/o

pressure

dipl/o

double

mon/o

one