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Special senses
Medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accommodation | adjustment of the eye for various distances so image can focus |
| acuity | clearness or sharpness of a sensory function |
| adnexa | tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure |
| humor | any fluid or semifluid of the body |
| labyrinth | series of intricate communication passasages |
| opaque | substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light |
| perilymph | fluid that very closely resembles spinal fluid but is found in the cochlea |
| photopigment | light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process |
| refractive | ability to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another |
| stereopsis | Depth perception provided by visual information derived from two eyes located in slightly different positions. |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| aque/o | water |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| choroid/o | choroid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body of the eye, circular, cycle |
| lacrim/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| dacry/o | tear, lacrimal apparatus |
| dacryocyst/o | lacrimal sac |
| glauc/o | gray |
| goni/o | angle |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| ocul/o | eye |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye, vision |
| phac/o | lens |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | hardening, sclera |
| scot/o | darkness |
| vitr/o | vitreous body |
| audi/o | hearing |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| ot/o | ear |
| salping/o | tubes (usually fallopian tubes or eustachian) |
| staped/o | stapes |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane |
| -acusia | hearing |
| -cusis | hearing |
| -opia | vision |
| -opsia | vision |
| -tropia | turning |
| exo- | outside, outward |
| hyper- | excessive, above normal |
| otitis media | middle ear infection |
| chalazion | small, hard tumor developing on the eyelid |
| entropion | inversion, inward turning of the eye |
| ectropion | eversion, outward turning of the eye |
| epiphora | abnormal overflow of tears |
| presbyacusis | impairment of hearing resulting from old age |
| tinnitus | ringing in the ear |
| vertigo | sensation of spinning, damage inner ear |
| tuning fork tests | rinne-unilateral hearing, air conduction weber-middle ear, inner, vibrations |
| Acc | accommodation |
| ARMD, AMD | age-related macular degeneration |
| Ast | astigmatism |
| ENG | eletronystagmography |
| IOL | intraocular lens |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| LASIK | laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis |
| O.D. | doctor of optometry |
| SLE | slit-lamp examination, systemic lupus erythematosus |
| ST | esotropia |
| VA | visual acuity |
| VF | visual field |
| XT | exotropia |
| AC | air conduction |
| BC | bone conduction |
| ENT | ears, nose, and throat |
| NIHL | noise-induced hearing loss |
| OM | otitis media |
| PE | pressure-equalizing (tube), physical examination, pulmonary embolism |
| URI | upper respiratory infection |
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