Medical Terminology Simplified

SECTION REVIEW 11-3

Using the following table, write the CF, suffix, or prefix that matches its definition in the space provided to the left
of the definition. There may be more than one word element that matches a definition.

Combining Forms Suffixes Prefixes

aden/o myring/o -acusis -spasm dipl-

audi/o ophthalm/o -edema -stenosis hyper-

blephar/o ot/o -logist

choroid/o retin/o -malacia

corne/o salping/o -opia

dacry/o scler/o -opsia

dipl/o tympan/o -ptosis

irid/o xanth/o -rrhexis

kerat/o -salpinx

Competency Verification:Check your answers in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 600. If you are not satisfied with
your level of comprehension, go back to Frame 11–1 and rework the frames.

Correct Answers × 4 = % Score

1. excessive, above normal


2. choroid


3. horny tissue; hard;
   cornea


4. double


5. ear


6. tube (usually fallopian or
   eustachian [auditory]
   tubes)


7. eye


8. eyelid


9. gland


10. hardening; sclera (white
    of the eye)


11. involuntary contraction,
    twitching


12. iris


13. prolapse, downward dis-
    placement


14. specialist in the study of


15. retina


16. rupture


17. softening


18. hearing


19. narrowing, stricture


20. swelling


21. tear; lacrimal apparatus
    (duct, sac, or gland)


22. tympanic membrane
    (eardrum)


23. cornea


24. vision


25. yellow

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