prefix/suffix
define the prefix
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100

ear

what is oto

100

melan/o

what is black, dark

100

state or condition of having a rash

what is urticaria

100

skin specialist

what is dermatologist

100

pain in the iris

what is iridalgia

200

white of eye

what is scler/o

200

xer/o

what is dry


200

surgical incision in eardrum to place tubes

what is myringotomy

200

tumor of the nail bed

what is onychoma

200

surgical removal of the retina

what is retinectomy

300

2 terms for skin

what is dermat/o and cutane/o

300

hidr/o

what is sweat

300

inflammation of the iris

what is iriditis

300

disease of the retina

what is retinopathy

300

surgical incision of the lacrimal gland

what is lacrimotomy

400

2 terms for eye/vision

what is ophthalm/o and opt/o

400

urtic/o

what is rash

400

softening of fat

what is lipomalacia

400

visual examination instrument of the ear

what is otoscope

400

medical specialty of the eye, its diseases and refractive errors

what is opthalmology

500

2 terms for eardrum

what is myring/o and tympan/o

500

onych/o

what is nail 

500

visual condition of old age

what is presbyopia

500

condition of abnormally elevated perspiration flow

what is hyperhidrosis

500

swelling of the eyelid

what blepharedema

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