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AMT Recall Eye

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Dullness of vision; reduced or dimness of vision; also called lazy eye ambylopia
double vision diplopia
Vision defect in which parallel rays come to a focus in front of the retina; nearsightedness myopia
parallel rays come to a focus beyond the retina; farsightedness hyperopia
Inability (blindness) to see half of the field of vision hemianopia
vision Associated with aging prebysopia
nyctalopia night blindness, difficulty seeing at night
around the eye circumocular
referring to the eye optic
one who makes corrective lenses optician
one who specializes in examining eyes for defects and prescribing corrective lenses for glasses/contacts optometrist
medical doctor qualified to examine, diagnose and perform medical procedures and surgery on the eye ophthalmologist
ophthalmoscope instrument used to examine eye
miotic Pertaining to an agent that causes the pupil to contract
mydriatic Pertaining to an agent that causes the pupil to dilate
absence of a lens aphakia
Surgical destruction and removal of the crystalline lens in the treatment of a cataract phacolysis
using ultrasounds to disintegrate a cataract. A needle is inserted to aspirate (suck out) the cataract phacoemulsification
inability to tolerate light/usually symptom of migraine headaches photophobia
surgery to correct myopia/nearsightedness keratotomy
turning inward of lower eyelid entropion
ectropion turning outward of lower eyelid
eyes are turned inward (cross-eyed) esotropia
exotropia eye or eyes turned outward
chalazion Small, hard, painless cyst of a sebaceous gland of the eyelidsnystagmus
nystagmus involuntary, constant movement of eyeball in rhythmic fashion
disorder where one cannot direct the optic axis which causes squinting strabismus
hordeolum stye
ingrown eyelashes that rub against cornea and cause irritation trichiasis
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