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Mod A
Unit #2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -spasm | sudden, involuntary twitching |
| py/o | pus |
| trop/o | turn, change |
| emmetr/o | in proper measure |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| eso- | inward, within |
| chalaz/o | cyst |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| -rrhea | flow, dishcarge |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| ot/o | ear |
| -opia | vision |
| exo- | away from, outward |
| dacry/o | tears |
| PEARL | pupils eaqual and reactive to light |
| ambi- | on both sides |
| -cus | hearing |
| presby/o | old age |
| med/i | middle |
| my/o | muscle |
| -osis | disease, abnormal condition |
| hyper- | above beyond, excessive |
| -ia | pertaning to |
| myc/o | fungus |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -algia | pain, suffering |
| -otomy | surgical incision |
| -dynia | pain |
| BOM | bilaterial, otitis, media |
| aden/o | gland |
| tinnit/o | ringing, buzzing |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| veritg/o | dizzy |
| -us | thing, structure |
| horde/o | hard |
| nyctal/o | night, darkness |
| OD | right eye |
| OU | each eye |
| AD | right ear |
| AS | left ear |
| AU | both ears |
| OS | left eye |
| verigto | dizziness |
| emmetropia | state of normal vision |
| blepharospasm | a twitching of the eyled muscles |
| presbycusis | loss of hearing (due to natural aging process) |
| otomycosis | fungla infection of the ear |
| myringotomy | surgical incision into the eardrum |
| nyctalopia | inadequate night vision |
| myringoplasty | surgical repair of the eardrum |
| hordeolum | a bacterial infection of an eyelash follicle(stye) |
| tympanocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from ear |
| dacryoadenitis | inflammation of a tear gland (tearduct) |
| chalazion | a cyst of the eyelid |
| ambiopia | double vision |
| otopyorrhea | flow or discharge of pus from the ear |
| nystagmus | twitching of the eye |
| otitis media | middle ear infection |
| otalgia | earache |
| presbyopia | poor vision |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| exotropia | (crossed eyed) an obvious outwrd turning of one eye in relation to another |
| tinnitis | ringing in the ears |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |