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ROSS MIBOA CH. 13
NERVOUS SYSTEM TERMS + ROOTS, PREFIXES & SUFFIXES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ARACHN/O | SPIDER |
| CEREBR/O | CEREBRUM; BRAIN |
| CRANI/O | CRANIUM; SKULL |
| DENDR/O | BRANCHING; DENDRITE |
| ELECTR/O | ELECTRICITY |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| GLI/O | MEUROGLIA; NERVE CELL |
| HYDR/O | WATER; FLUID |
| MENING/O | MENINGES |
| MYEL/O | SPINAL CORD (ALSO BONE MARROW |
| NEUR/O | NERVE |
| OLIG/O | FEW; DIMINISHED |
| QUARD/I | FOUR |
| THEC/O | SHEATH |
| THROMB/O | CLOT |
| VASCUL/O | BLOOD VESSELS |
| VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE |
| DURA- | HARD |
| ECHO- | SOUND |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| PMALACIA | SOFTENING |
| -PARESIS | PARTIAL PARALYSIS |
| -PATHY | DISEASE |
| -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS |
| ALS | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS |
| ANS | AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CNS | CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| CP | CEREBRAL PALSY |
| CSF | CEREBROSPINAL FLUID |
| CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
| EEG | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY |
| HD | HUNTINGTON DISEASE |
| ICP | INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
| LP | LUMBAR PUNCTURE |
| MS | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS |
| PEG | PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY |
| PNS | PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| PPS | POSTPOLIO SYNDROME |
| SNS | SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| TENS | TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION |
| TIA | TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
| AQUE/O | WATERY |
| BLAST/O | IMMATURE |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| CONJUNCTIV/O | CONJUNCTIVA |
| CORNEA/O | CORNEA |
| DACRY/O | TEARS |
| DACRYOCYST/O | TEAR SAC |
| DIPL/O | DOUBLE |
| FUND/O | FUNDUS; BASE |
| GLAUC/O | SILVER; GRAY |
| IR/O; IRID/O | IRIS |
| KERAT/O | CORNEA |
| LACRIM/O | TEARS |
| OCUL/O | EYE |
| OPHTHALM/O | EYE |
| OPT/O | EYE; VISION |
| PALPEBR/O | EYELID |
| PHAC/O; PHAK/O | LENS |
| PHOT/O | LIGHT |
| PUPILL/O | PUPIL |
| RETIN/O | RETINA |
| SCLER/O | SCLERA; HARD |
| UVE/O | UVEA |
| VITRE/O | GLASSY; JELLY-LIKE |
| ECT- | OUTSIDE; OUT |
| EN-; ESO- | IN; INWARD |
| EX- | OUT; OUTWARD |
| PRESBY- | AGING; OLD |
| -METRY | TO MEASURE |
| -OPIA | VISION |
| -TROPIA; -TROPION | TO TURN; TURNING |
| ECCE | EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION |
| EOM | EXTRAOCULAR MOVEMENT |
| ICCE | INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION |
| IOL | INTRAOCULAR LENS |
| IOP | INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| LASIK | LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS |
| OD | RIGHT EYE (OCULUS DEXTER) |
| OS | LEFT EYE (OCULUS SINISTER) |
| OU | EACH EYE (OCULUS UTERQUE) |
| PERRLA | PUPILS EQUAL, ROUND, REACTIVE TO LIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION |
| PRK | PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY |
| REM | RAPID EYE MOVEMENT |
| RK | RADIAL KERATOTOMY |
| VA | VISUAL ACUITY |
| VF | VISUAL FIELD |
| ACOUST/O | HEARING |
| AUDI/O | HEARING; SOUND |
| COCHLE/O | COCHLEA |
| LABYRINTH/O | INNER EAR; LABYRINTH |
| LARYNG/O | LARYNX |
| MYC/O | FUNGUS |
| MYRING/O | EARDRUM; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| OT/O | EAR |
| RHIN/O | NOSE |
| STAPED/O | STAPES; MIDDLE EAR BONES |
| TYMPAN/O | EARDRUM; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| PRESBY- | OLD; AGING |
| -ALGIA | PAIN |
| -CUSIS; -CUSIA | HEARING |
| -METRY | TO MEASURE |
| -PLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR |
| -RRHEA | FLOW; DISCHARGE |
| AC | AIR CONDUCTION |
| AD | RIGHT EAR (AURIS DEXTRA) |
| AS | LEFT EAR (AURIS UNITAS) |
| AU | EACH EAR (AURIS UNITAS) |
| BC | BONE CONDUCTION |
| BOM | BILATERAL OTITIS MEDIA |
| EENT | EYES, EARS, NOSE, THROAT |
| ENT | EARS, NOSE, THROAT |
| TM | TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| CEREBRUM | LARGEST SECTION OF THE BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS, MEMORY, SENSATIONS, EMOTIONS AND VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT |
| CEREBELLUM | ATTACHES BRAIN TO THE BRAIN STEM; IN CHARGE OF MUSCLE TONEL, MOVEMENT AND BALANCE |
| MIDBRAIN | PROVIDES NERVE CONDUCTION PATHWAYS TO AND FROM THE BRAIN |
| PONS | "BRIDGE" NERVE CELLS CROSS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BRAIN TO CONTROL OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| MEDULLA OBLONGATA | LOWEST SECTION OF THE BRAIN STEM; CONTROLS MUSCLES OF RESPIRATION, HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE |
| THALAMUS | RELAYS NERVE IMPULSES TO AND FROM THE CEREBRAL CORTEX AND THE SENSE ORGANS |
| HYPOTHALAMUS | REGULATES HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, RESPIRATORY RATE, DIGESTION, EMOTIONS, BEHAVIOR, BODY TEMP, WATER BALANCE AND THIRST, SLEEP-WAKE CYCLES, HUNGER, ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; CALLED THE "THERMOSTAT: OF THE BODY |
| CORPUS CALLOSUM | CONNECTS THE 2 HEMISPHERES OF THE BRAIN |
| CRANIAL NERVE I OLFACTORY NERVE | SMELL |
| CRANIAL NERVE II OPTIC NERVE | SIGHT |
| CN III OCULOMOTOR NERVE | EYE MOVEMENT |
| CN IV TROCHLEAR NERVE | EYE MOVEMENT AND EYE MUSCLE SENSATIONS |
| CN V TRIGEMINAL NERVE | CHEWING AND FACIAL SENSATIONS |
| CN VI ABDUCENS NERVE | TURN THE EYEBALL OUTWARD OR AWAY FROM MIDLINE |
| CN VII FACIAL NERVE | IMPULSES TO SCALP, FOREHEAD, EYELIDS, CHEEK, JAW, & OTHER FACIAL MUSCLES |
| CN VIII ACOUSTIC NERVE | HEARING AND BALANCE; ALSO CALLED AUDITORY NERVE |
| CN IX GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE | TASTE, VISCERA AND SECRETIONS OF SOME GLANDS |
| CN X VAGUS NERVE | SPEECH, SWALLOWING, CARDIAC MUSCLE, SMOOTH MUSCLE, GLAND AND DUCTS OR RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |
| CN XI ACCESSORY NERVE | SPEECH, SWALLOWING, HEAD AND SHOULDER MOVEMENTS |
| CN XII HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE | SWALLOWING AND MOVING THE TONLGUE |
| ALZHEIMER DISEASE | PROGRESSIVE, DEBILITATING DETERIORATION OF ONE'S INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING |
| AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) | SEVERE WEAKENING & WASTING OF MUSCLE GROUPS FROM LOSS OF MOTOR NEURON FUNCTION IN BRAIN STEM & SPINAL CORD |
| ANENCEPHALY | CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF BRAIN & SOMETIMES THE SPINAL CORD TOO |
| ATAXIA | LACKS MUSCULAR COORDINATION, VOLUNTARY MUSCLE MOVEMENT |
| BELL PALSY | WEAKNESS OR PARALYSIS OF MUSCLES OF ONE SIDE OF THE FACE |
| CEPHALALGIA | PAIN IN THE HEAD, HEADACHE |
| CEREBRAL ANEURYSM | DILATION OF CEREBRAL ARTERY THAT MIGHT PUT PRESSURE ON CEREBRAL TISSUE & ALTERS CEREBRAL FUNCTION |
| CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE | BURSTING FORTH OF BLOOD INTO CEREBRAL TISSUE FROM RUPTURE OF A CEREBRAL VESSEL |
| CEREBRAL PALSY (CP) | LACK OF VOLUNTARY MUSCLE CONTROL & COORDINATION FROM LACK OF OXYGEN TO BRAIN AT OR NEAR TIME OF BIRTH |
| CEREBRAL THROMBOSIS | PRESENCE OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC CLOT IN A CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSEL THAT CAUSES DEATH OF PORTIONS OF BRAIN TISSUE |
| CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA) | RUPTURE OF CEREBRAL BLOOD VESSEL CAUSING DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO AFFECTED AREA AND EATH TO A SPECIFIC PORTION OF THE BRAIN (STROKE) |
| CHIARI MALFORMATION | STRUCTURAL DEFECT - TYPES I THROUGH TYPE IV REFER TO MIBOA BOOK PAGE 393 FOR FURTHER INFO |
| CONCUSSION | VIOLENT JARRING, SHAKING, BLUNT INJURY TO THE BRAIN; MAY OR MAY NOT LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS |
| CONTUSION | SMALL VENOUS HEMORRHAGES IN THE BRAIN FROM STRIKING THE CRANIUM--ALSO CALLED A BRUISE |
| DEMENTIA | PROGRESSIVE IRREVERSIBLE DETERIORATION OF MEMORY, JUDGMENT & THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| ENCEPHALITIS (ENCEPHAL/O + ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN |
| ENCEPHALOMALACIA (ENCEPHAL/O + MALACIA) | SOFTENING OF BRAIN TISSUE |
| ENCEPHALOPATHY (ENCEPHAL/O + PATHY) | ANY DISEASE OF THE BRAIN |
| EPIDURAL HEMATOMA (EPI + DURA + AL) | SWELLING/MASS OF B LOOD BETWEEN THE CRANIUM AND THE DURA MATER CAUSING PRESSURE ON THE BRAIN IN THE AFFECTED AREA |
| EPILEPSY | A SEIZURE DISORDER - RECURRING EPISODES OF IRREGULAR ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM- |
| GLIOMA (GLI/O + OMA) | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF NEUROGLIAL CELLS |
| GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME | ACUTE INFLAMMATION OF SEVERAL NERVES OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHARACTERIZED BY SYMMETRICAL PAIN AND WEAKNESS OF THE EXTREMETIES; PARALYSIS MAY ALSO DEVELOP |
| HEMIPARESIS (HEMI- + -PLEGIA) | PARTIAL PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| HEMIPLEGIA (HEMI- + -PLEGIA | PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF THE BODY |
| HUNTINGTON DISEASE (HD) | GENETIS DISORDER SYMPTOMS OF PROGRESSIVE AND IRREVERSIBILE DEGENERATION OF CEREBRAN NEURONS RESULTING IN UNCONTROLLED M OVEMENTS, LOSS OF INTELLECTUAL CAPABILITIES, EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES - ALSO CALLED HUNTINGTON CHOREA |
| HYDROCEPHALUS (HYDR/O + CEPHAL/O = -US) | "WATER ON THE BRAIN" ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AROUND THE BRAIN; SWELLING OF THE HEAD. |
| MENINGIOMA (MENING/O + OMA) | SLOW GROWTH TUMOR OF THE MENINGES OF THE BRAIN, PRIMARILY FROM THE ARACHNOID MEMBRANE |
| MENINGITIS (MENING/O + -ITIS) | INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE MEMBRANES COVERING THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD (MENINGES); BACTERIAL/VIRAL & SYMPTOMS OF SEVERE HEADACHE, VOMITING |
| MENINGOCELE (MENING/O + -CELE) | HERNIATION OF THE MENINGES THROUGH A HOLE IN THE SKULL OR VERTEBRAL COLUMN |
| MENINGOMYELOCELE (MENING/0 + MYEL/O + -CELE) | HERNIATION OF THE SPINAL CORD & MENINGES THROUGH A DEFECT IN THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN |
| MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (ms) | DEGENERATIVE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ATTACKED THE MYELIN SHEATH OF THE SPINAL CORD & BRAINCAUSING HARDENING & SCARRING. |
| MYELOMALACIA (MYEL/O + -MALACIA) | ABNORMAL SOFTENING OF THE SPINAL CORD |
| NEURALGIA (NEUR/O + -ALGIA) | SEVERE SHARP PAIN OF A NERVE OR ALONG THE COURSE OF A NERVE |
| NEURITIS (NEUR/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF NERVE OR NERVES |
| NEUROBLASTOMA (NEUR/O + BLAST/O + -OMA) | MALIGNANT TUMOR COMPOSED OF CELLS DERIVED FROM EMBRYONIC NEURAL TISSUE; USUALLY OCCURS IN YOUNG CHILDREN |
| NEUROPATHY (NEUR/O + -PATHY) | ANY DISEASE OF THE NERVES |
| PARAPLEGIA (PARA- + -PLEGIA) | PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER HALF OF THE BODY, INCLUDING THE LEGS |
| PARKINSON DISEASE | CHRONIC, PROGRESSIVE NERVOUS DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY TREMOR, MUSCULAR WEAKNESS & RIGIDITY |
| POLIOMYELITIS | INFECTIOUS VIRAL DISEASE AFFECTS THE MOTOR (EFFERENT) NEURONS OF THE BRAIN & SPINAL CORD, RESULTING IN MUSCLE PARALYSIS & WASTING |
| POLYNEURITIS (POLY- + NEUR/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF MANY NERVES OR NERVE FIBERS |
| POSTPOLIO SYNDROME | SLOW, PROGRESSIVE WEAKENING OF MUSCLES THAT OCCURS IN @ 25% OF POLIOMYELITIS SURVIVORS 20-30 YEARS AFTER INITIAL ILLNESS |
| QUADRIPLEGIA (QUADR/I + -PLEGIA) | PARALYSIS OF ALL 4 LIMBS; USUALLY FROM SPINAL CORD INJURY |
| REYE SYNDROME | ACUTE ENCEPHALOPATHY AFTER AN ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION |
| SCIATICA | SEVERE PAIN ALONG THE COURSE OF SCIATIC NERVE, FROM BACK OF THIGH & DOWN INSIDE OF THE LEG |
| SEIZURE | EXCESSIVE IRREGULAR ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH EPILEPSY |
| SHINGLES; HERPES ZOSTER | ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY AN INFLAMMATION OF A SPINAL OR CRANIAL NERVE PATHWAY; PRODUCES PAINFUL VESICULAR ERUPTIONS ON THE SKIN |
| SUBDURAL HEMATOMA (SUB- + DURA- + -AL) | COLLECTION OF BLOOD BELOW THE DURA MATER & ABOVE THE ARACHNOID MEMBRANE; OFTEN RESULT OF A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| SYNCOPE | LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO A LACK OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN; FAINTING |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC | TEMPORARY INTERFERENCE/INTERRUPTION OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO A PORTION OF THE BRAIN |
| TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; TIC DOULOUREAUX | SEVERE PAIN THAT RADIATES ALONG THE 5TH CRANIAL NERVE & AFFECTS ONE SIDE OF THE HEAD & FACE |
| CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS (CEREBR/O + SPIN/O + -AL) | LAB ANALYSIS OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (csf) TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF BACTERIA, BLOOD, & MALIGNANT CELLS & TO MEASURE GLUCOSE & PROTEIN CONTENT |
| CRANIOTOMY (CRANI/O + -(O)TOMY) | INCISION INTO THE SKULL TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE BRAIN OR TO RELIEVE INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE |
| ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (ECHO- + ENCEPHAL/O + -GRAPHY) | PROCESS OF RECORDING A PICTURE OF THE STRUCTURES OF THE BRAIN USING SOUND WAVES |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (ELECTR/O + ENCEPHAL/O + -GRAM) | GRAPHIC RECORD OF THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN |
| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (ELECTR/O + ENCEPHAL/O + -GRAPHY) | PROCESS OF RECORDING THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN |
| EVOKED POTENTIAL STUDIES | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC TEST THAT MEASURES THE BRAIN ACTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS TYPES OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION |
| LUMBAR PUNCTURE (LB) | INSERTION OF NEEDLE INTO SUBARACHNOID SPACE, USUALLY BETWEEN 3RD/4TH LUMBAR VERTEBRAE, TO WITHDRAW CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ALSO CALLED SPINAL TAP |
| MYELOGRAPHY (MYEL/O + -GRAPHY) | PROCESS OF RECORDING AN X-RAY PICTURE OF THE SPINAL CORD AND SPINAL CAVITY |
| MYELOGRAM (MYEL/O + -GRAM) | X-RAY RECORD OF THE SPINAL CORD & SPINAL CAVITY |
| NEURECTOMY (NEUR/O + -ECTOMY) | SURGICAL EXCISION OF A NERVE OR NERVE FIBERS |
| PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY (PNEUM/O + ENCEPHAL/O + -GRAPHY) | PROCESS OF RECORDING X-RAY PICTURE OF VENTRICLES & OTHER FLUID-FILLED CAVITIES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; AIR OR ANOTHER TYPE OF GAS IS USED AS THE CONTRAST MEDIUM. |
| ROMBERG TEST | TECHNIQUE USED TO ASSESS & EVALUATE CEREBELLAR FUNCTION & BALANCE |
| TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS) (TRANS- + CUTANE/O + -OUS) | PAIN-RELIEV TREATMENT WHERE ELECTRICAL IMPULSES ARE DELIVERED THROUGH THE SKIN TO NERVE ENDINGS NEAR THE PAIN SITE; THE IMPULESE PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION OF PAIN SIGNALS TO THE BRAIN |
| ASTIGMATISM | REFRACTIVE ERROR CAUSING LIGHT RAYS TO BE FOCUSED IRREGULARLY ON THE RETINA DUE TO ABNORMALLY SHAPED CORNEA |
| BLEPHARITIS (BLEPHAR/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE EYELIDS |
| BELPHAROPTOSIS (BLEPHAR/O + -PTOSIS) | DROOPING OF AN EYELID |
| CATARACT | PROGRESSIVE CLOUDINESS OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS |
| CHALZION | CYST OR NODULE ON THE EYELID AS A RESULT OF AN OBSTRUCTED MEIBOMIAN GLAND |
| COLOR BLINDNESS | INABILITY TO RECOGNIZE OR "SEE" CERTAIN COLORS |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS (CONJUNCTIV/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVIA; ALLSO CALLED PINKEYE |
| DACRYOCYSTITIS (DACRYOCYST/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE TEAR SAC OR LACRIMAL SAC |
| DETACHED RETINA | SEPARATION OF THE RETINA FROM THE CHOROID LAYER OF THE EYE |
| DIABETIC RETINOPATHY (RETIN/O + -PATHY) | DISEASE OF THE RETINA AND ITS CAPILLARIES CAUSED BY LONG-STANDING & USUALLY POORLY CONTROLLED DIABETES MELLITUS |
| DIPLOPIA (DIPL/O + -OPIA) | DOUBLE VISION; MAY BE IN ONE OR BOTH EYES |
| ECTROPION (ECT- + -TROPION) | TURNING OUTWARD OF THE EYELASH MARGINS, USUALLY AFFECTS THE LOWER EYELID |
| ENTROPION (EN- + -TROPION) | TURNING INWARD OF THE EYELASH MARGINS, USUALLY AFFECTS THE LOWER EYELID |
| ESOTROPIA (ESO- + -TROPIA) | INWARD TURNING OF THE EYES; ALSO KNOWN AS CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; OR CROSS-EYED |
| EXOPHTHALMIA (EX- + OPHTHALM/O + -IA) | ABNORMAL PROTRUSION OF THE EYEBALL(S) |
| EXOTROPIA (EX- + -TROPIA) | OUTWARD TURNING OF THE EYES, ALSO KNOWN AS DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; OR CALLED WALLEYED |
| GLAUCOMA | INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| HORDEOLUM | BACTERIAL INFECTION OF AN EYELASH FOLLICLE OR SEBACEOUS GLAND; CALLED A "STY" |
| HYPEROPIA (HYPER- + -OPIA) | EXCESSIVE VISION OF CLOSE OBJECTS; LIGHT RAYS FOCUS BEYOND THE RETINA; CALLED "FARSIGHTEDNESS" |
| IRITIS (IR/O + -ITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE IRIS |
| KERATITIS (KERAT/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA |
| MYOPIA | IMPAIRED VISION OF DISTANT OBJECTS; LIGHT RAYS FOCUS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA; CALLED "NEARSIGHTEDNESS" |
| NYCTALOPIA | IMPAIRED OR INADEQUATE VISION AT NIGHT; CALLED "NIGHT BLINDNESS" |
| NYSTAGMUS | INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS OF THE EYE(S); MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPARENT TO THE INDIVIDUAL |
| OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (OPHTHALM/O + -IA NEO- + NAT/O + -UM) | INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA OF A NEWBORN; CAUSED BY IRRITATION, BLOCKED TEAR DUCT, OR VIRAL INFECTION FROM THE BIRTH CANAL; ALSO CALLED "NEWBORN/NEONATAL CONJUNCTIVITIS" |
| PHOTOPHOBIA (PHOT/O + -PHOBIA) | ABNORMAL SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT |
| PHOTORETINITIS (PHOT/O + RETIN/O + -ITIS) | DAMAGE OR INFLAMMATION OF THE RETINA DUE TO EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO LIGHT |
| PRESBYOPIA (PRESBY- + -OPIA) | IMPAIRED VISION DUE TO AGING |
| PTERYGIUM | IRREGULAR GROWTH AND THICKENING OF THE CONJUNCTIVA ON THE NASAL SIDE OF THE CORNEA |
| RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (RETIN/O + -ITIS | DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF THE RETINA; WITHOUT INFLAMMATION, RESULTS IN DEFECTIVE NIGHT VISIONA AND DECREASED FIELD OF VISION |
| RETINOBLASTOMA (RETIN/O + BLAST/O + -OMA) | MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE RETINA |
| SCLEROKERATITIS (SCLER/O + KERAT/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE SCLERA AND CORNEA |
| RETINOPATHY (RETIN/O + -PATHY) | ANY DISEASE OR DISORDER OF THE RETINA |
| STRABISMUS | INABILITY OF THE EYES TO GAZE IN THE SAME DIRECTION BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS OF THE EYE MUSCLES |
| TACHOMA | CHRONIC, CONTAGIOUS FORM OF CONJUNCTIVITIS CHARACTERIZED BY HYPERTROPHY OF THE CONJUNCTIVA |
| UVEITIS (UVE/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE IRIS, CILIARY BODY AND CHOROID |
| BLEPHAROPLASTY (BLEPHAR/O + -PLASTY) | SURGICAL REPAIR OR PLASTIC SURGERY OF THE EYELID |
| CORNEAL TRANSPLANT (CORNE/O + AL) | SURGICAL TRANSPLANTATION OF A DONOR CORNEA INTO EYE OF A RECIPIENT |
| CRYOEXTRATION OF THE LENS | REMOVAL OF THE CRYSTALLINE LENS WITH A COOLING PROBE |
| ENUCLEATION OF THE EYE | REMOVAL OF THE EYE FROM THE ORBIT |
| EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION (ECCE) | REMOVAL OF CRYSTALLINE LENS & ANTERIOR SEGMENT OF LENS CAPSULE |
| FUNDUSCOPY (FUND/O + -SCOPY) | EXAMINATION OF THE POSTERIOR INNER PART OF THE EYE, (FUNDUS) USING AN OPHTHALMOSCOPE |
| INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANT (INTRA- + OCUL/O + -AR) | SURGICAL IMPLANTATION OF A CRYSTALLINE LENS; USUALLY DONE AT TIME OF CATARACT EXTRACTION |
| IRIDECTOMY (IRID/O + -ECTOMY) | EXCISION OF A SECTION OF THE IRIS |
| KERATOPLASTY (KERAT/O + -PLASTY) | SURGICAL REPAIR OF CORNEA CHARACTERIZED BY EXCISION OF OPAQUE SECTION OF CORNEA |
| LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS (LASIK) | PROCEDURE TO CORRECT VISION PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY MYOPIA, BY REMOVING TISSUE & PERMANENTLY CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE CORNEA |
| OPHTHALMOSCOPY (OPHTHALM/O + -SCOPY) | EXAMINATION OF THE INTERIOR OF THE EYE |
| PHACOEMULSIFICATION | BREAKING THE CRYSTALLINE LENS OR ITS CATARACT INTO TINY PARTICLES THAT CAN BE REMOVED BY SUCTION OR ASPIRATION |
| PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY (PRK) | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF CORNEAL SURFACE CELLS TO CORRECT OR REDUCE MYOPIA |
| RADIAL KERATOTOMY (RK) | SPOKE-LIKE INCISION INTO THE CORNEA TO CORRECT NEARSIGHTEDNESS |
| RETINAL PHOTOCOAGULATION | LASER SURGERY OF RETINA TO CORRECT RETINAL DETACHMENT & PREVENT HEMORRHAGE OR RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS |
| SCLERAL BUCKLING | REPAIR OF RETINAL DETACHMENT BY RESECTING OR FOLDING IN THE SCLERA |
| TRABECULECTOMY | SURGICAL EXCISION OF PORTION OF CORNEAL & SCLERAL TISSUE TO DECREASE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| TRABECULOPLASTY | SURGICAL CREATION OF A PERMANENT FISTULA TO DRAIN EXCESS AQUEOUS HUMOR FROM ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF EYE TO RELIEVE INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH GLAUCOMA |
| VITRECTOMY (VITRE/O + -ECTOMY) | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE VITREOUS HUMOR |
| ACOUSTIC NEUROMA (ACOUST/O + -IC NEUR/O + -OMA) | BENIGN TUMOR OF THE ACOUSTIC NERVE |
| CHOLESTEATOMA | SLOW GROWTH CYSTIC MASS/TUMOR MADE UP OF EPITHELIAL CELL DEBRIS & CHOLESTEROL; OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE EAR |
| CONDUCTIVE DEAFNESS | HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY IMPAIRED TRANSMISSION OF SOUND WAVES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OR EXTERNAL EAR |
| IMPACTED CERUMEN | EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF CERUMEN (EARWAX) |
| LABYRINTHITIS (LABYRINTH/O + -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OR INFECTION OF THE LABYRINTH OR INNER EAR |
| MENIERE DISEASE | CHRONIC INNER EAR DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY VERTIGIO, SENSORIAL HEARING LOSS, TINNITUS; MAUSEA, VOMITING & SWEATING MAY ALSO OCCUR |
| MYRINGITIS (MYRING/O = -ITIS) | INFLAMMATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM) |
| OTALGIA (OT/O + -ALGIA) | PAIN IN THE EAR; EARACHE |
| OTITIS EXTERNA | INFLAMMATION OF THE EXTERNAL EAR CANAL; COMMONLY CALLED "SWIMMER'S EAR" |
| OTITIS MEDIA | INFECTION & INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR; COMMONLY CALLED "MIDDLE EAR INFECTION" |
| OTOMYCOSIS (OT/O + MYC/O + -OSIS) | FUNGAL INFECTION OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS (OPENING) |
| OTORRHEA (OT/O + RRHEA) | DISCHARGE/DRAINAGE FROM THE EAR |
| OTOSCLEROSIS (OT/O + -SCLEROSIS) | HEREDITARY; OOSSIFICATION OF THE BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR; ESPECIALLY THE STAPES; CAUSING TINNITUS & DEAFNESS |
| PERFORATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE | RUPTURE OR DEVELOPMENT OF HOLES IN THE EARDRUM |
| PRESBYCUSIS | IMPAIRED HEARING RELATED TO THE AGING PROCESS |
| SENSORINEURAL DEAFNESS | LOSS OF HEARING FROM IMPAIRED/DAMAGED AUDITORY NERVE CELLS/TISSUE |
| SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA | MIDDLE EAR INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY ACCUMULATION OF SEROUS FLUID & AIR BUBBLES BEHIND THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| SUPPORTIVE OTITIS MEDIA | MIDDLE EAR INFECTION CHARACTERIZED BY ACCUMULATION OF PURULENT (PUS-FILLED)FLUID BEHIND TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE DIZZINESS & TINNITUS |
| TINNITUS | RINGING OR TINKLING SENSATION IN THE EARS |
| TYMPANITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH OTITIS MEDIA |
| VERTIGO | SENSATION OF SPINNING OR DIZZINESS, USUALLY A RESULT OF A DISTURBANCE OF EQUILIBRIUM |
| AUDIOGRAM | GRAPHIC RECORD OF HEARING |
| AUDIOMETRY | MEASURING THE SENSE OF HEARING |
| MYRINGOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| MYRINGOTOMY | INCISION INTO THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| MYRINGOTOMY & TURES | INCISION INTO THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE & INSERTION OF TUBES TO ALLOW DRAINAGE OF FLUID THAT ACCUMULATES BEHIND THE EARDRUM |
| OTOPLASTY | SURGICAL REPAIR OF ONE OR BOTH OF THE EARS; USUALLY REFERS TO REPAIR OF THE OUTER EAR |
| OTOSCOPY | VISUALIZATION & EXAMINATION OF TYMPANIC MEMBRANE USING AN OTOSCOPE |
| RINNE TEST | HEARING EXAMINATION THAT COMPARES BONE & AIR CONDUCTION OF SOUND WAVES USING A VIBRATING TUNING FORK |
| STAPEDECTOMY (STAPED/O + -ECTOMY) | EXCISION OF THE STAPES |
| TYMPANOPLASTY (TYMPAN/O + -PLASTY) | SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| TYMPANOTOMY (TYMPAN/O + -OTOMY) | INCISION INTO THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| WEBER TEST | EXAMINATION OF AUDITORY ACUITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER A HEARING DEFICIT IS CONDUCTIVE OR SENSORINEURAL |
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