Medical Suffix

-opia

vision

From Greek -ōpia, from ōps, eye, face

Meaning

What does -opia mean?

-opia is a suffix meaning vision. It comes from Greek -ōpia, from ōps, eye, face.

Inside words it is spelled opsia.

Also spelled -opsia (hemianopsia, xanthopsia). Myopia is not my/o, muscle: it comes from Greek myein, to shut the eyes.

In real words

hyperopia
1. Prefixhyper-above normal, excessive
2. Suffix-opiavision
farsightedness: things close up look blurry while distant things are clearer
hemianopia
blindness in the right or left half of the field of vision
metamorphopsia
distorted vision in which shapes and lines look bent, warped or confusing
xanthopsia
1. Rootxanth/oyellow
2. Suffix-opiavision
seeing things tinged yellow, a disturbance of color vision

Don't mix it up

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Practice it

-opia is one of 12 parts in this lesson. Learn them together, then take real words apart.