250 Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics Term Dissection Word Part/Meaning Term Meaning 26. ophthalmologist (ŎF-thăl-MŎL-ō-jĭst) ophthalm/o/logist ophthalm = eye logist = specialist in the study and treatment of specialist in the study and treatment of the eye 27. ophthalmology (ŎF-thăl-MŎL-ō-jē) ophthalm/o/logy ophthalm = eye logy = study of study of the eye 28. ophthalmoscope (ŏf-THĂL-mō-skōp) ophthalm/o/scope ophthalm = eye scope = instrument used to observe instrument used to observe the eye 29. optic (ŎP-tĭk) opt/ic opt = eye vision ic = pertaining to pertaining to the eye or vision 30. otalgia (ō-TĂL-jē-ă) ot/algia ot = ear algia = pain pain in the ear 31. otitis (ō-TĪ-tĭs) ot/itis ot = ear itis = infl ammation infl ammation of the ear 32. otologist (ō-TŎL-ō-jĭst) ot/o/logist ot = ear logist = specialist in the study and treatment of specialist in the study and treatment of the ear 33. otology (ō-TŎL-ō-jē) ot/o/logy ot = ear logy = study of study of the ear 34. otomycosis (Ō-tō-mī-KŌ-sĭs) ot/o/myc/osis ot = ear myc = fungus osis = abnormal condition abnormal condition of fungus in the ear 35. otoplasty (Ō-tō-PLĂS-tē) ot/o/plasty ot = ear plasty = surgical repair surgical repair of the ear 36. otorrhea (ō-tō-RĒ-ă) ot/o/rrhea ot = ear rrhea = discharge fl ow discharge from the ear 37. otoscope (Ō-tō-skōp) ot/o/scope ot = ear scope = instrument used to observe instrument used to observe the ear 38. otoscopy (ō-TŎS-kō-pē) ot/o/scopy ot = ear scopy = process of observing process of observing the ear 39. paraocular (PĂR-ă-ŎK-yū-lăr) para/ocul/ar para = near beside ocul = eye ar = pertaining to pertaining to near the eye 40. periocular (PĔR-ē-ŎK-yū-lăr) peri/ocul/ar peri = around ocul = eye ar = pertaining to pertaining to around the eye Prefi xes = Green Root Words = Red Suffi xes = Blue
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