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oculo-

The eye or the sense of vision.

Latin oculus, eye.

A common term is oculomotor, of or relating to the motion of the eye; others include oculogyric, causing or concerned with movements of the eye; oculoplethysmography (Greek plēthus, fullness, plus graphos, writing), measurement of the pressure inside the eyeball, as an indicator of the presence of glaucoma; and oculonasal, of the eye and nose.

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