Med. Term. - Special Senses

Medical root word for smell.

• dacry/o

• ossic/o

• scot/o

• olfact/o

Medical root word for old age.

• kerat/o

• presby/o

• mydr/o

• nyct/o

Medical suffix for vision condition.

• -osmia

• -cusis

• -otia

• -opia

The clear, colorless mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the anterior portion of the eyeball.

• sclera

• cornea

• conjunctiva

• choroid

Condition in which a defect (usually elongated eyeball shape) results in light rays focusing in front of the retina rather than directly on it; causes distant images to appear blurry; nearsightedness.

• presbyopia

• hyperopia

• myopia

• exotropia

Left ear.

• O.D.

• AD

• O.S.

• AS

Administer in each eye.

• OU

• AU

• O.S,

• O.D.

Medical root word for hearing.

• ocul/o

• dipl/o

• acous/o

• myring/o

Medial root word for tear.

• cyst/o

• dacry/o

• opt/o

• scot/o

Medical root word for light.

• irid/o

• dipl/o

• glauc/o

• phot/o