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| (poor) vision (associated with) old age | presbyopia (presby/o -opia)
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| abnormal condition of eye fungus | oculomycosis (ocul/o myc/o -osis)
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| abnormal condition of fungus in the tympanic membrane | tympanomycosis (tympan/o myc/o -osis)
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| abnormal condition of the retina | retinosis (retin/o -osis)
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| act of measuring vision | optometry (opto/o -metry)
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| dark tumor | scotoma (scot/o -oma)
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| different vision | heteropia (heter/o -opia)
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| dimness of vision | amblyopia (ambly/o -opia)
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| discharge of pus from the ear | otopyorrhea (ot/o py/o -rrhea)
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| disease of the choroid | choroidopathy (choroid/o -pathy)
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| double vision | diplopia (dipl/o -opia) or diplopsia (dipl/o -opsia)
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| excess vision | hyperopia (hyper- -opia)
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| excision of the stapes | stapedectomy (staped/o -ectomy)
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| fear of light | photophobia (phot/o -obia)
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| forming an opening in the tympanic | tympanostomy (tympan/o -stomy)
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| gray tumor | glaucoma (glauc/o -oma)
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| hearing (loss) associated with old age | presbyacusis (presbyl/o -acusis)
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| herniation of the lens | phacocele (phac/o -cele)
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| incision of the cornea | corneostomy (corne/o -stomy)
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| incision of the labyrinth | labyrinthotomy (labyrinth/o -tomy)
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| incision of the lacrimal duct | dacryotomy (dacry/o - tomy)
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| instrument for measuring the pupil | pupillometry (pupill/o -metry)
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| instrument to examine the eustactian tubes | salpingoscope (salping/o -scope)
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| instrument to measure hearing | audiometer (audi/o -meter)
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| not hearing | anacusia (an- -cusia)
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| paralysis of the ciliary body | cycloplegia (cycl/o -plegia)
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| paralysis of the iris | iridoplegia (irid/o -plegia)
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| pertaining to the conjunctiva | conjunctival (conjunctiv/o -al)
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| pertaining to the cornea | corneal (corne/o -al)
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| pertaining to the eye/vision | optical (optic/o -al)
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| pertaining to water | aqueous (aque/o -ous)
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| process of recording the pupil | pupillography (pupill/o -graphy)
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| prolapse of the eyelid | blepharoptosis (blephar/o -ptosis)
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| prolapse of the lacrimal sac | dacryocystoptosis (dacrycyst/o -ptosis)
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| removal of the vitreous body | vitrectomy (vitr/o -ectomy)
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| removal of the mastoid process | mastoidectomy (mastoid/o -ectomy)
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| softening of the sclera | scleramalacia (scler/o -malacia)
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| specialist in the study of the eyes | ophthalmologist (ophthalm/o -logist)
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| tumor of the lacrimal duct | dacryoma (dacry/o -oma)
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| turning inward | esotropia (eso- -tropia)
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| turning outward | exotropia (exo- -tropia)
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| visual examination of an angle | gonioscopy (goni/o -scopy)
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