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Med Term 13 & 14
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hemianopia | loss of vision in half of visual field; stroke patient may suffer from this disorder |
| Diplopia | double vision |
| Nyctalopia | difficulty seeing in dim light |
| Esotropia | inward turning of eye |
| Exotropia | outward turning of eye |
| Audiogram | chart that shows faintest sounds patient can hear during audiometry test |
| Otogram | uses artificial intelligence, touch-screen technology, and proprietary hearing testing equipment to allow patients to self-administer the hearing test, after brief instructions from an administrator |
| Tympan/o | eardrum |
| Myring/o | eardrum |
| Vertigo | dizziness |
| Tinnitus | ringing in ears |
| Presbycusis | loss of hearing that can accompany aging process |
| Binaural | referring to both ears |
| Anacusis | total absence of hearing |
| Otosclerosis | progressive hearing loss caused by immobility of stapes bone |
| Otitis Media | commonly referred to as middle ear infection |
| Otitis Externa | external ear infection |
| Labyrinthitis | labyrinth inflammation |
| Cataract | diminished vision resulting from lens of eye becoming opaque or cloudy |
| Glaucoma | increase in intraocular pressure that, if untreated, may result in atrophy of optic nerve and blindness |
| Strabismus | eye muscle weakness resulting in each eye looking in different direction at same time |
| Astigmatism | condition in which light rays are focused unevenly on eye, which causes distorted image due to abnormal curvature of cornea |
| Photophobia | strong sensitivity to bright light |
| Nystagmus | jerky-appearing involuntary eye movement |
| Hordeolum | a stye |
| Pterygium | hypertrophied conjunctival tissue in inner corner of eye |
| Conjunctivitis | inflammation of conjunctiva |
| Blepharitis | inflammatory condition of eyelash follicles and glands of eyelids that result in swelling, redness, and crusts of dried mucus on lids |
| Antiemetic | substance that controls nausea and vomiting |
| Mydriatic | substance that causes pupil to dilate |
| Miotic | substance that causes pupil to constrict |
| Lacrimal | pertaining to tears |
| Otalgia | ear pain |
| Intraocular | pertaining to within eye |
| Transdermal | route of drug administration |
| Chemotherapy | treating disease by using chemicals that have a toxic effect on body |
| -gram | record or picture |
| -meter | instrument for measuring |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| Sublingual | pertaining to under the tongue |
| Tymanic | pertaining to eardrum |
| Corneal | pertaining to cornea |
| Carcinoma | new growth or malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue |
| Toxicity | extent or degree to which substance is poisonous |
| Potentiation | giving patient second drug to boost effect of another drug |
| Side Effect | response to drug other than effect desired |
| Habituation | development of emotional dependence on drug due to repeated use |
| Addiction | acquired dependence on a drug |
| Presbyopia | visual loss due to old age |
| Myopia | with this condition person can see things that are close up but distance vision is blurred |
| Hyperopia | with this condition person can see things in the distance but has trouble reading material at close vision |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| US | ultra sound |
| CT | calcitonin, computerized tomography |
| Prosthetics | artificial devices, such as limbs and joints, that replace missing body parts |
| Orthotics | use of equipment, such as splints and braces, to support paralyzed muscle, promote specific motion, or correct musculoskeletal deformities |
| Adaptive Equipment | equipment that has been structured to aid in mobility, eating, and managing other activities of daily living |
| Debridement | removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue from wound |
| Hydrotherapy | using water for treatment purposes |
| Gait Training | assisting person to learn to walk again or how to use assistive device to walk |
| Mobilization | treatments such as exercise and massage to restore movement to joints and soft tissue |
| Analgesic | substance that relieves pain without loss of consciousness |
| Resection | to surgically cut out |
| Cauterization | destruction of tissue using electric current, caustic product, or hot iron, or by freezing |
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