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Purple Module
Purple Module terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (poor) vision (associated with) old age | -opia presby presbyopia |
| abnormal condition of eye fungus | -osis oculo myc oculomycosis |
| abnormal condition of fungus in the tympanic membrane | -osis tympano myc tympanomycosis |
| abnormal condition of the retina | -osis retin retinosis |
| act of measuring vision | -metry opto optometry |
| different vision | -opia heter heteropia |
| discharge of pus from the ear | -rrhea oto pylo optpylorrhea |
| dimness of vision | -opia ambly amblyopia |
| dark tumor | -oma scot scotoma |
| disease of the choroid | -pathy choroid/o choroidopathy |
| double vision | -opia dipl diplopia |
| excess vision | -opia hyper hyperopia |
| excision of the stapes | -ectomy staped stapedectomy |
| fear of lights | -phobia photo photophobia |
| forming an opening in the tympanic membrane | -stomy tympano tympanostomy |
| gray tumor | -oma glauc glaucoma |
| hearing (loss) associated with old age | -acusis presby presbyacusis |
| herniation of the lens | -cele phac/o phacocele |
| incision of the cornea | -tomy corne/o chorneotomy |
| incision of the labyrinth | -tomy labyrinth/o labyrinthotomy |
| incision of the lacrimal duct | -tomy dacyr/o dacryotomy |
| instrument for measuring the pupil | -metry pupill /o pupillometry |
| instrument to examine the pupil | -scope pupill /o pupilloscope |
| instrument to examine the Eustachian tube | -metry salping/o salpingometry |
| instrument to measure hearing | -meter audi/o audiometer |
| not hearing | an- acusia anacusia |
| paralysis of the ciliary body | -plegia cycl/o cycloplegia |
| paralysis of the iris | -plegia irid/o iridoplegia |
| pertaining to the conjunctiva | -al conjunctive conjunctival |
| pertaining to the cornea | -al corne/o corneal |
| pertaining to the eye/vision | -al optic/o optical |
| pertaining to water | -ous aque/o aqueous |
| process of recording the pupil | -graphy pupill/o pupillography |
| prolapse of the eyelid | -ptosis blephar/o blepharoptosis |
| removal of the vitreous body | -ectomy vit/o vitrectomy |
| removal of the mastoid process | -ectomy mastoid/o mastoidectomy |
| softening of the sclera | -malacia scler/o scleramalacia |
| specialist in the study of the eyes | -logist ophthalm/o ophthalmologist |
| tumor of the lacrimal duct | -oma dacry/o dacryoma |
| turning inward | -tropia eso- esotropia |
| turning outward | -tropia exo- exotropia |
| visual examination of the angle | -scopy goni/o gonioscopy |