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CORE - Ch 16
Eyes/Ears
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acous/o | Hearing |
| Acoustic | Pertaining to hearing |
| Audi/o, Audit/o | Hearing |
| Audiologist | Specialist in the study of hearing |
| Audiology | Study of hearing balance and related disorder |
| Audiometer | Instrument to measure hearing |
| Auditory | Pertaining to hearing |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| Blepharectomy | Excision of all or part of the eyelid |
| Blepharoplasty | Surgical repair of eyelid |
| Blepharoplegia | Paralysis of eyelid |
| Blepharoptosis | Drooping of the eyelid |
| Blepharotomy | Surgical incision of eyelid |
| Blepharitis | Inflammation of eyelid |
| Blepharospasm | Twitching of eyelid |
| Choroid/o | Choroid |
| Choroiditis | Inflammation of choroid |
| Choroidopathy | Disease of choroid |
| Conjunctiv/o | Conjunctiva |
| Conjunctivitis | Inflammation of the conjunctiva |
| Conjunctival | Pertaining to the conjunctiva |
| Corne/o | Cornea |
| Corneitis | Inflammation of the cornea |
| Cor/o, Core/o | Pupil |
| Anisocoria | Inequality in pupil size |
| Coreometer | Instrument to measure pupil size |
| Dacryaden/o | tear gland |
| Dacryadenalgia | Pain in the tear gland |
| Dacryoadenitis | Inflammation of tear gland |
| Dacry/o, Lacrimo | Tear, lacrimal sac |
| Dacryorrhea | Excess flow of tears |
| Dacryocystitis | Inflammation of tear sac |
| Dacryostenosis | Narrowing of the lacrimal sac |
| Lacrimation | Secretion of tears |
| Lacrimal | Pertaining to tears |
| Irid/o | Iris |
| Iridocele | Swelling of iris |
| Iridoplegia | Paralysis of iris |
| Kerat/o | Cornea |
| Keratitis | Inflammation of cornea |
| Keratoplasty | Surgical repair of cornea |
| Keratorrhexis | Rupture of cornea |
| Keratome | Instrument to cut cornea |
| Keratomy | Procedure to cut cornea |
| Myring/o | Tympanic membrane |
| Myringotomy | Incision of the tympanic membrane |
| Myringoplasty | Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane |
| Tympanitis | Inflammation of the tympanic membrane |
| Tympanoplasty | Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane |
| Tympanic | Pertaining to the tympanic membrane |
| Tympanography | Process of recording the tympanic membrane |
| Ocul/o | Eye |
| Intraocular | Pertaining to within the eye |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Ophthalmalgia | Pain in the eye |
| Ophthalmectomy | Surgical removal of eye |
| Ophthalmologist | One who studies disorders and treatments of the eye |
| Ophthalmology | Study of the eye |
| Ophthalmic | Pertaining to the eye |
| Ophthalmomalacia | Softening of the eye |
| Ophthalmoplegia | Paralysis of eye |
| Ophthalmoscope | Instrument to examine the eye |
| Ophthalmoscopy | Visual exam of eye |
| Opt/o | eye/vision |
| Optic | Pertaining to the eye |
| Optician | Someone licensed in making eyeglasses and contacts |
| Optemetrist | Someone skilled in the measurement of vision |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Otalgia | Pain in the ear |
| Otomycosis | Fungal infection in the ear |
| Otoplasty | Surgical repair of ear |
| Otorrhea | Flow from ear |
| Otosclerosis | Abnormal condition of hardening of ear |
| Otoscope | Instrument to examine the ear |
| Otoscopy | visual exam of ear |
| Pupill/o | Pupil |
| Pupillary | Pertaining to the pupil |
| Retin/o | Retina |
| Retinitis | Inflammation of the retina |
| Retinopathy | Disease of retina |
| Retinoblastoma | Malignant tumor of primitive retinal cells |
| Salping/o | Eustachian tube, fallopian tube |
| Salpingitis | Inflammation of Eustachian tube |
| Salpingopharyngeal | Pertaining to the Eustachian tube and pharynx |
| Salpingoscope | Instrument to view the Eustachian tube |
| Salpingoscopy | Visual exam of the Eustachian tube |
| Salpingostenosis | Narrowing of the Eustachian tube |
| Sclera | Sclera |
| Scleritis | Inflammation of sclera |
| Scleromalacia | Softening of sclera |
| -acusis | hearing |
| Anacusis | no hearing |
| -opia/opsia | vision |
| Amblyopia | Dimness of vision for no apparent reason |
| Diplopia | Double vision |
| Erythropia | Red vision |
| Heteropsia | Inequality of vision in both eyes |
| Hyperopia | Farsightedness, excessive vision |
| Myopia | Nearsightedness |
| Xanthopia | Yellow vision |
| Emmetropia | Normal vision |
| Presbyopia | Difficulty in nearsightedness in middle and older adults |
| -tropia | turning |
| Hypertropia | one eye higher than the other |
| Esotropia | turning of the eye inward to the nose |
| Exotropia | turning of the eye outward away from the nose |
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