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