Term | Definition |
OPT/O OPTIC/O OPHTHALM/O OCUL/O | EYE, VISION |
IR/O IRID/O | IRIS |
LABYRINTH/O | INNER EAR |
OT/O AUR/I | EAR |
MYRING/O | MIDDLE EAR |
RETIN/O | RETINA |
LACRIM/O | TEAR DUCT |
BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
ACOUS/O AUDI/O | HEARING |
KERAT/O | HORNY, HARD CORNEA |
MYRING/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM |
TYMPAN/O | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM |
TROP/O | TURN, CHANGE |
SCLER/O | SCLERA, WHITE OF EYE, HARD |
RETIN/O | RETINA, NET |
OPHTHALM/O | EYE VISION |
-OPIA | VISION CONDITION |
OPT/O | EYE, VISION |
OT/O | EAR HEARING |
CATARACT | IS THE LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE LENS THAT CAUSES PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VISUAL CLARITY |
COCHLEAR IMPLANT | AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT BYPASSES THE DAMAGED PORTIONS OF THE EAR AND DIRECTLY STIMULATES THE AUDITORY NERVE |
CONJUNCTIVITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA, USUALLY CAUSED BY AND INFECTION OF ALLERGY |
AUDIOMETRY | THE USE OF AN AUDIOMETER TO MEASURE HEARING ACUITY |
EXOTROPHIA | STRABISMUS CHARACTERIZED BY THE OUTWARD DEVIATION OF ONE EYE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER |
GLAUCOMA | A GROUP OF DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE THAT CAUSES DAMAGES TO THE OPTIC NERVE AND RETINAL NERVE FIBERS |
HYPEROPIA | A VISION DEFECT IN WHICH LIGHT RAYS FOCUS BEYOND THE RETINA. AKA FARSIGHTEDNESS |
ESOTROPHIA | STRABISMUS CHARACTERIZED BY AN INWARD DEVASTATION OF ONE OR BOTH EYES |
IRIDECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TISSUE OF THE IRIS |
KERATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA |
LABRYINTHECTOMY | THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE LABYRINTH |
MYOPIA | A DEFECT IN WHICH LIGHT RAYS FOCUS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA. AKA NEARSIGHTEDNESS |
MASTROIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF MASTOID CELLS |
MYRINGOTOMY | SMALL SURGICAL INCISION IN THE EARDRUM TO RELEAVE PRESSURE FROM EXCESS PUS OR FLUID OR TO CREATE AN OPENING FOR THE PLACEMENT OF EAR TUBES |
OPHTHALMOSCOPY | AN INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMINE THE INTERIOR OF THE EYE |
OPTOMETRIST | |
OTITIS MEDIA | INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR |
OTORRHEA | DISCHARGE FROM THE EAR |
PHOTOPHOBIA | EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT |
OTSCLEROSIS | ANKYLOSIS OF THE BONE OF THE MIDDLE EAR RESULTING IN A CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS |
PRESBYOPIA | CONDITION OF COMMON CHANGES IN THE EYES THAT OCCUR WITH AGING |
PTOSIS | DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID THAT IS USUALLY DUE TO PARALYSIS |
SCLERITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SCLERA OF THE EYE |
RETINOPEXY | TREATMENT TO REATTACH THE DETACHED AREA IN A RETINAL DETACHMENT |
TARSORRHAPHY | THE PARTIAL OR COMPLETE SUTURING TOGETHER OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS |
TINNITUS | CONDITION OF RINGING, BUZZING, OR ROARING SOUND IN ONE OR BOTH EARS |
TYMPANOMETRY | THE USE OF AIR PRESSURE IN THE EAR TO CANAL TO TEST FOR DISORDERS OF THE MIDDLE EAR |
VERTIGO | A SENSE OF WHIRLING, DIZZINESS, AND LOSS OF BALANCE, OFTEN COMBINED WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITTING |
PRESBYCUSIS | A GRADUAL SENSOR-NEURAL HEARING LOSS THAT OCCURS AS THE BODY AGES |
XEROPHTHALMIA | DRYING OF EYE SURFACES INCLUDING THE CONJUNCTIVA |