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Terminology III
Chapter 11
| 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 |
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