Ophthalmology Root Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- ambly/o
- dullness, dimness, blunt
- aque/o
- water
- belphar/o
- eyelid
- cor/o, core/o
- pupil
- cycl/o
-
1. circle, cycle
2. ciliary body - dacry/o
- tears, lacrimal sac or duct
- dipl/o
- double, twofold
- glauc/o
- gray
- icter/o
- icterus, jaundice
- irid/o
- iris
- kerat/o
- cornea
- lacrim/o
- tears (L. tear)
- ocul/o
- the eye, ocular
- ophthalm/o
- relationship to the eye
- op/o
-
1. the face; an eye
2. juice, balm - optic/o
- optical, ptic, ocular (vision)
- palpebr/o
- eyelid
- papill/o
-
1. nipple-like
2. optic disk - phac/o
- lens-shaped, relating to a lens
- phot/o
- light
- presby/o
- old age
- pter/o, pteryg/o
-
1. wing or feather
2. wing-shaped, usually relating to the pterygoid process - pupill/o
- pupils
- retin/o
- retina
- scler/o
-
1. hardness (induration)
2. relationship to sclera - scot/o
- darkness
- typhl/o
-
1. cecum
2. blindness - vitr/o, vitre/o
- vitreous (L. glassy)
-
ambly/o - opia
amblyopia -
dullness, dimness - vision
poor vision caused by abnormal development of visual areas of the brain in response to abnormal visual stimulation during early development -
an - icter/o - ic
anicteric -
without - icterus - pertaining to, relating to
not relating to or marked by jaundice -
core/o - plasty
coreoplasty -
pupil - forming, plastic repair
the procedure to correct a misshapen, miotic, or occluded pupil -
hemi - an - opsia
hemianopsia -
half - not, without, less - vision
loss of vision for one half of the visual field of one or both eyes -
hem/o - ophthalm/o - ia
hemophthalmia -
blood - eyes - pertaining to, relating to
a blood-filled eye -
hyper - tropia
hypertropia -
excessive, above normal - turning
an ocular deviation with one eye higher than the other -
irid/o - malacia
iridomalacia -
iris - softening
degenerative softening of the iris -
kerat/o - plasty
keratoplasty -
cornea - forming, plastic repair
any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and teh insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere -
phot/o - phobia
photophobia -
light - abnormal fear and/or aversion
morbid dread and avoidance of light -
retin/o - blast/o - oma
retinoblastoma -
retina - the process of budding and formation of buds by cells or tissue - tumor, neoplasm
malignant ocular neoplasm of childhood, with onset usually before the third year of life -
xanth/o - chromat/o ic
xanthochromatic -
yellow - color - pertaining to, relating to
yellow-colored -
xer/o - ophthalm/o - ia
xerophthalmia -
dry - eyes - condition
excessive dryness of the conjuctiva and cornea, which lose their luster and become keritinized - tars/o
- tarsus (the fibrous plates giving solidity and form to the edges of the eyelids)