SENSES

Suffixes pertaining to the sensesSuffix

- esthesia

- algesia

-osmia

- geusia

Meaning

Sensation

Pain

Sense of smell

Sense of taste

Example

Cryesthesia

Hypalgesia

Pseudoosmia

Parageusia

Definition of Example

Sensitivity to cold

Decreased sensitivity to

pain

False sense of smell

Abnormal sense of taste

Roots

Ear

Root

s•Audi\o

•Audiologist

•Audiometry

•Audianalgesia

•Audiogenic

•Audiogram

•Hearing

•A person skilled in audiology

•Measurement of hearing

•Alleged reduction or abolition of pain accomplished by listening

•produced by sound

•a record of the thresholds of hearing of an individual for various sound frequencies

ear

Root

s•Acous

•Acoustic

•Dysacousis

•Echoacousia

•Otoacoustic

•Statoacoustic

•Sound, hearing

•Pertaining to sound or hearing

• Any impairment of hearing involving difficulty in processing details of sound as opposed to any loss of sensitivity to sound

•The subjective experience of hearing echoes after normally heard sounds

• Referring to the emission of very faint sounds produced by the ear; thought to represent mechanical vibrations in the cochlea

•Relating to balance and hearing

ear

Root

s•Ot\o

•Ototoxic

•Otodynia

•Otogenic

•Otology

•Otopathy

•Otoscopy

•Otorrhea

•Otoplasty

•Ear

•Poisonous or harmful to the ear

•Earache

•Of otic origin

•That branch of medicine which deals with the medical treatment and surgery of the ear

•Any disease of the ear

•Examination of the ear by means of the otoscope

•A discharge from the ear

•Plastic surgery of the ear

ear

Root

s•Myring\o

•Myringotome

•Myringodermatitis

•Myringoplasty

•Myringosclerosis

•Tympanic membrane

•Knife used for surgery on the eardrum

•Inflammation of the outer layer of the membrana tympani, with the formation of the blebs

•Surgical restoration of a perforated tympanic membrane by grafting

•Formation of dense connective tissue in the tympanic membrane, not usually associated with hearing loss

ear

Root

s•Tympan\o

•Tympanometry

•Tympanectomy

•Tympanotomy

•Tympanoplasty

•Tympanogram

•tympanocentesis

•Tympanic cavity ( middle ear ), tympanic membrane

•Measurement of the transmission through the tympanic membrane and middle ear

•Excision of the tympanic membrane

•Surgical opening of the middle ear

•Operative correction of a damaged middle ear

•The printout of immittance showing the stiffness or the compliance of the middle ear structures as it varies with changes in pressure within the external auditory canal

•Puncture of the tympanic membrane with a needle to aspirate middle ear fluid

ear

Root

s•Salping\o

•Salpingosopy

•Salpingopharyngeal

•Endosalpingitis

•Tube, eustachian tube

•Endoscopic examination of the eustachian tube

•Related to the auditory tube and pharynx

•Inflammation of the lining membrane of the eustachian tube

ear

Root

s•Staped\o , stapedi\o

•Stapedoplasty

•Stapedectomy

•Stapedial

•Stapedotomy

•Stapediovestibular

•suprastapedial

•Stapes

•Plastic repair of the stapes

•Excision of the stapes

•Relating to the stapes

•Surgical creation of the small opening in the footplate of the stapes

•Pertaining to the stapes and vestibule

•Above the stapes

ear

Root

s•Labyrinth\o

•Labyrinthitis

•Labyrinthectomy

•Labyrinthotomy

•Labyrinthine

•Labyrinth ( inner ear )

•Inflammation of the inner ear

•Excision of the labyrinth of the ear

•Surgical incision into the labyrinth

•Relating to any labyrinth or taking such form

ear

Root

s•Vestibul\o

•Vestibulotomy

•Vestibular

•Vestibulocochlear

•Vestibulopathy

•Vestibule, vestibular apparatus

•Incision of the vestibule of the inner ear

•Relating to the vestibule, especially the vestibule of the ear

•Relating to the vestibule and cochlea of the ear

•Any abnormality of the vestibular apparatus

ear

Root

s•Cochle\o

•Retrocochlear

•Cochleitis

•Cochleotopic

•Sacculocochlear

•electrocochleogram

•Cochlea of inner ear

•Beyond the cochlea

•Inflammation of the cochlea

•Referring to the frequency-responsive organization of the central auditory pathways in the brain

•Relating to the sacculus and the membranous cochlea

•The record obtained by the electrocochleography

ear

Eye

Suffixes for the Eye and VisionSuffix

-opsia

-opia

Meaning

Vision

Eye, vision

Example

Heteropsia

hemianopia

Definition of Example

Unequal vision in the two eyes

Blidness in half the visual field

Roots for external eye structure•Blephar\o

•Synblepharo

•Blepharitis

•Blepharedema

•Blepharoplasty

•blepharospasm

•Eyelid

•Adhesion of the eyelid to the eyeball

•Inflammation of the eyelids

•Edema of the eyelids

•Any operation for the correction of a defect in the eyelids

•Involuntary spasmodic contraction of the orbicularis

Roots for external eye structure•Palpebr\o

•Palpebral

•Palpebrate

•interpalpebral

•Eyelid

•Pertaining to an eyelid

•Having eyelids, to wink

•Between to eyelids

Roots for external eye structure•Dacry\o

•Dacryorrhea

•Dacryoadenitis

•Dacryoma

•Dacryostenosis

•dacryolith

•Tear, lacrimal apparatus

•Discharge from the lacrimal apparatus

•Inflammation of the lacrimal gland

•A tumor-like swelling caused by obstruction of the lacrimal duct

•Stricture of the lacrimal duct

•A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus

Roots for external eye structure•Dacryocyst\o

•Dacryocystocele

•Dacryocystalgia

•Dacryocystectomy

•Dacrycystitis

•dacryocystitome

•Lacrimal sac

•Hernial protrusion of the lacrimal sac

•Pain in the lacrimal sac

•Excision of the wall of the lacrimal sac

•Inflammation of the lacrimal sac

•An instrument for incising strictures of the lacrimal duct

Roots for external eye structure•Lacrim\o

•Lacrimation

•Lacrimatory

•Lacrimotomy

•Nasolacrimal

•Tear , lacrimal apparatus

•Secretion of tears

•Causing lacrimation

•Incision of the lacrimal sac or duct

•Relating to the nasal and lacrimal bones

Roots for the eye and vision•Opt\o

•Optometer

•Optomeninx

•Optomyometer

•Eye, vision

•Instrument for measuring the refractive power of the eye

•Retina

•An instrument for determining the relative power of the extrinsic muscle of the eye

Roots for the eye and vision•Ocul\o

•Sinistrocular

•Alternocular

•Oculomotor

•Oculopathy

•oculodynia

•Eye

•Pertaining to the left eye

•Denoting the use of each eye separately instead of binocularly

•Pertaining to or effecting movements of the eye

•Ophthalmopathy

•Pain in the eyeball

Roots for the eye and vision•Ophthalm\o

•Exophthalmos

•Ophthalmodynia

•Microphthalmos

•Ophthalmolith

•Ophthalmology

•Ophthalmopathy

•ophthalmoscope

•Eye

•Protrusion of the eyeball

•Ophthalmoalgia

•Abnormal smallness of the eye

•A concretion in the lacrimal apparatus

•The medical specialty concerned with the eyes , its disease and refractive errors

•Any disease of the eyes

•A device for studying the interior of the eyeball through the pupil

Roots for the eye and vision•Scler\o

•Episcleritis

•Scleroiritis

•Scleractasia

•Sclerophthalmia

•Sclerostomy

•sclerokeratitis

•Sclera

•Inflammation of the tissue on the surface of the sclera

•Inflammation of both sclera and iris

•Localized bulging of the sclera

•An abnormality in which most of the normally transparent cornea resembles the opaque sclera

•Surgical perforation of the sclera, as for the relief of glaucoma

•Inflammation of the sclera and cornea

Roots for the eye and vision•Corne\o

•Cercumcornea

•Entocornea

•Corneobleoharon

•Pericorneal

•Ectocornea

•iridocorneal

•Cornea

•Around the cornea

•Posterior limiting of the cornea

•Adhesion of the eyelid margin to the cornea

•Surrounding the cornea

•The outer layer of the cornea

•Related to the iris and the cornea

Roots for the eye and vision•Kerat\o

•Keratoplasty

•Keratitis

•Keratography

•Dyskeratosis

•Keratoectasia

•keratoleptynsis

•Cornea

•Plastic repair of the cornea

•Inflammation of the cornea

•A record or portrayal of the cornea

•Epidermalization of the conjunctival and corneal epithelium

•A bulging forward the cornea

• An operation for removing the surface of the cornea and replacement by bulbar conjunctiva for cosmetic reasons

Roots for the eye and vision•Lent\i

•Lentiform

•Lenticular

•Lentiglobus

•lenticonus

•Lens

•Resembling a lens

•Of the shape of a lentil

•Rare congenital anomaly with a spheroid elevation on the posterior surface of the lens of the eye

•Conical projection of the anterior or posterior surface of the lens of the eye, occurring as a developmental anomaly

Roots for the eye and vision•Phak\o , Phac\o

•Aphakia

•Phacolysis

•Phacocele

•Phacoscope

•Phacocystectomy

•phacoma

•Lens

•Absence of a lens

•Operative breaking down and removal of the lens

•Hernia of the lens of the eye through the sclera

• An instrument comprising a dark chamber for observing the changes in the lens during accommodation

•Rarely used term for surgical removal of a portion of the capsule of the lens of the eye

•A hamartoma found in phacomatosis; often refers to a retinal hamartoma in tuberous sclerosis

Roots for the eye and vision•Uve\o

•Uveal

•Uveoscleritis

•Uveatidis

•uveocutaneous

•Uvea

•Pertaining to the uvea

• Inflammation of the sclera involved by extension from the uvea

•Plural of uveitis

•Pertaining to the uvea and the skin

Roots for the eye and vision•Chori\o, choroid\o

•Subchoroidal

•Choroiditis

•Choroidipathy

•Choroidosis

•Choroideremia

•Perichoroidal

•chorioretinal

•Choroid

•Below the choroid

•Inflammation of the choroid

•Noninflammatory degeneration of the choroid

•Another term for choroidopathy

•Progressive degeneration of the choroid in males

•Surrounding the choroid coat of the eye

•Relating to the choroid coat of the eye and the retina

Roots for the eye and vision•Cycl\o

•Cycloplegic

•Cyclectomy

•Cyclitis

•Cycloduction

•Cyclodialysis

•cyclotomy

•Ciliary body, ciliary muscle

•Pertaining to or causing paralysis of the ciliary muscle

•Excision of a portion of the ciliary body

•Inflammation of the ciliary body

•Rotation of the eye around its visual axis

• Establishment of a communication between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space to reduce intraocular pressure in glaucoma

•Operation of cutting the ciliary muscle

Roots for the eye and vision•Ir, irit\o, irid\o

•Iridoschisis

•Iridocele

•Iridodilator

•Iridotomy

•Iridopathy

•iridomalacia

•Iris

•Splitting of the iris

•Herniation of a portion of the iris through a corneal defect

•Causing dilation of the pupil; applied to the musculus dilator pupillae

•Transverse division of some of the fibers of the iris, forming an artificial pupil

•Pathologic lesions in the iris

•Degenerative softening of the iris

Roots for the eye and vision•Pupill\o

•Iridopupillary

•Pupillography

•Pupillometer

•Pupillomotor

•Pupil

•Pertaining to the iris and the pupil

•The recording of pupillary reactions

•An instrument for measuring and recording the diameter of the pupil

•Relating to the autonomic nerve fibers that supply the smooth muscle of the iris

Roots for the eye and vision•Retin\o

•Retinoscopy

•Retinopathy

•Retinoid

•Retinopexy

•Retinotomy

•retinopapillitis

•Retina

•Examination of the retina

•Noninflammatory degenerative disease of the retina

•Resembling the retina

• A procedure to repair a detached retina by holding it in place; by producing chorioretinal adhesions by freezing 

•A surgical incision through the retina

• Inflammation of the retina extending to the optic disc