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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| conjunctiv- | conjunctiva |
| lacrim- | tear |
| nas/o | nose |
| duct | to lead |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| orbit | orbit |
| photo | light |
| -phob | fear |
| anti- | against |
| -bio- | life |
| blephar | eyelid |
| -ptosis | drooping |
| ate | composed of, pertaining to |
| con- | together, with |
| -tamin- | touch |
| -ulent | abounding in |
| pur- | pus |
| ac- | toward |
| -commodat- | adjust |
| ambly- | dull |
| -opia | sight |
| eso- | toward |
| -trop- | turn |
| exo- | outward |
| ocul- | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| -metrist | skilled in |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -opsis | vision |
| stere- | three-dimensional |
| -ismus | take action |
| strab- | squint |
| a- | without |
| presby- | old man, old age |
| refract- | bend |
| retin- | retina |
| scler- | hardness, white |
| central- | center |
| -is | pertaining to |
| -or | that which does something |
| -recept- | receive |
| uve- | uvea |
| a- | without |
| -ism | process |
| -stigmat- | focus |
| -opia | sight |
| -mileusis | lathe |
| kerat/o | cornea |
| mypo- | blink |
| radi- | radius |
| fluo= | flourine |
| -rescein | resin |
| glauc- | lens opacity |
| -ocul- | eye |
| -orum | function of |
| pollut- | unclean |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| angi/o | blood vessel |
| -gram | record |
| -scope | instrument for viewing |
| -coagul- | clotting |
| -blast- | immatture cell |
| fund/o | fundus |
| peripher- | external |
| vis- | sight |
| -meter | measure |
| ton/o | pressure |
| OD | right eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| OS | Left eye |
| ot- | ear |
| media | middle |
| larng/o | larynx |
| cerumin- | cerumen |
| cur- | cleanse, cure |
| -age | pertaining to |
| -irrig- | to water |
| topic- | local |
| tympan | eardrum |
| aden | gland |
| mast- | breast |
| -pherynx | throat |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -pharyng- | pharynx |
| -cle | small |
| chol/e | bile |
| -steat- | fat |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane |
| -sis | abnormal condition |
| perforat- | bore through |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| AOM | acute otitis media |
| PE tube | pressure-equalization tube |
| basil- | base support |
| labyrinth | inner ear |
| AD | right ear |
| AS | left ear |
| AU | both ears |
| BPPV | benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
| crista | crest |
| -aris | pertaining to |
| ampull- | bottle-shaped |
| equi | equal |
| -librium | balance |
| -lith | stone |
| paroxysm | sudden, sharp attack |
| vestibul | vestibule |