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special senses vocab

TermDefinition
acous/o hearing
acoust/o hearing; sound
ambly/o dull; dim
aque/o water
audi/o; audit/o hearing
blephar/o eyelid
cerumin/o cerumen
cochle/o cochlea
conjunctiv/o conjunctiva
cor/o; core/o pupil
corne/o cornea
cyst/o cyst; fluid sac; bladder
dacry/o tear
dipl/o double
glauc/o gray
graph/o writing
gustat/o taste
ir/o; irid/o iris
kerat/o cornea
lacrim/o tears
mi/o smaller; less
mydr/o widened; enlarged
myring/o tympanic membrane; eardrum
nyct/o night
ocul/o eye
olfact/o smell
ophthalm/o eye
opt/o; optic/o eye; vision
ossic/o ossicle (small bone)
ot/o ear
papill/o optic disc; nipple-like
phac/o; phak/o lens of the eye
phot/o light
presby/o old age
retin/o retina
salping/o eustachian (auditory) tube; fallopian tube
scot/o darkness
staped/o stapes (middle ear bone)
steat/o sebum; fat
stigmat/o point
vestibul/o vestibule
vitr/o vitreous body
vitre/o glassy
a-; an- not; without
ec- out; outside
en- in; within
eso- inward
exo- outward
hyper- above; above normal; excessive
hypo- below; below normal; deficient
intra- within; into
-al, -altic, -ic, -ory, -ous, -tic pertaining to
-cusis hearing
-ectomy surgical removal; excision
-esthesia feeling; sensation
-ia condition
-ion process; state; condition
-ism process; condition
-itis inflammation
-metry process of measuring
-oma tumor; mass
-opia vision condition
-osmia smell condition
-otia ear condition
-pathy disease
-plasty surgical repair
-ptosis droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
-sclerosis hardening; thickening
-scope instrument used to view
-scopy a visual examination using a scope
-tomy process of cutting; incision
-tropia to turn
AD right ear (auris dextra)
ARMD age-related macular degeneration
AS left ear (auris sinistra)
As. astigmatism
AU each ear (auris uterque)
b.i.d. twice per day
cc cubic centimeters
CPOA certified paraoptometric assistant
Gtt, gtt drops
hs half strength
Hy hyperopia
LASIK laser in situ keratotomy
My myopia
OD doctor of optometry
O.D. Right eye
Oint ointment
O.S. left eye
OU each eye
PERRLA pupils equal, round, and reactive to light and accommodation
phaco phacoemulsification
PO, p.o. by mouth
Pr presbyopia
q.i.d. four times per day
RN registered nurse
t.i.d. three times per day
VA visual acuity
Vf field of vision
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