Chapter 6 Special Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear 249 Term Dissection Word Part/Meaning Term Meaning 11. extraocular (ĔKS-tră-ŎK-yū-lăr) extra/ocul/ar extra = outside ocul = eye ar = pertaining to pertaining to the outside of the eye 12. iridectomy (ĬR-ĭ-DĔK-tō-mē) irid/ectomy irid = iris ectomy = surgical removal excision excision of the iris 13. iridoplasty (ĬR-ĭd-ō-PLĂS-tē) irid/o/plasty irid = iris plasty = surgical repair surgical repair of the iris 14. iridoplegia (ĬR-ĭd-ō-PLĒ-jē-ă) irid/o/pleg/ia irid = iris pleg = paralysis ia = condition condition of iris paralysis 15. iridopexy (ĬR-ĭd-ō-PĔK-sē) irid/o/pexy irid = iris pexy = surgical fi xation surgical fi xation of the iris 16. iritis (ĭr-Ī-tĭs) ir/itis ir = iris itis = infl ammation infl ammation of the iris 17. keratometer (kĕr-ă-TŎM-ĕ-ter) kerat/o/meter kerat = cornea meter = instrument used to measure instrument used to measure the cornea 18. keratometry (kĕr-ă-TŎM-ĕ-trē) kerat/o/metry kerat = cornea metry = measurement measurement of the cornea 19. myringectomy (mĭr-ĭn-JĔK-tō-mē) myring/ectomy myring = tympanic membrane eardrum ectomy = surgical removal excision excision of the eardrum 20. myringitis (mĭr-ĭn-JĪ-tĭs) myring/itis myring = eardrum itis = infl ammation infl ammation of the eardrum 21. myringoplasty (mĭr-ĬNG-gō-plăst-ē) myring/o/plasty myring = tympanic membrane eardrum plasty = surgical repair surgical repair of the eardrum 22. myringotomy (mĭr-ĭng-GŎT-ō-mē) myring/o/tomy myring = tympanic membrane eardrum tomy = incision cut into incision to the eardrum 23. ocular (ŎK-yū-lăr) ocul/ar ocul = eye ar = pertaining to pertaining to the eye 24. oculomycosis (ŎK-yū-lō-mī-KŌ-sĭs) ocul/o/myc/osis ocul = eye myc = fungus osis = abnormal condition abnormal condition of fungus in the eye 25. ophthalmic (ŏf-THĂL-mĭk) ophthalm/ic ophthalm = eye ic = pertaining to pertaining to the eye Prefi xes = Green Root Words = Red Suffi xes = Blue