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3540 wk 3 terms
Question | Answer |
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Optic | pertaining to the eye or sight |
Ectraocular | outside the eyeball |
Blepharaptosis | is drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis, ptsosis |
Conjuctivitis | inflammation of the conjuctiva that is usually caused by an infection or allergy, pinkeye |
Papilledema | swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve at the point of entrance into the eye through the optic disk, choked disk |
Diplopia | the perception of two images of a single object, double vision |
Nyctalopia | condition in which an individual with normal daytime vision has difficulty seeing at night, night blindness |
Presbyopia | condition of common changes in the eyes that occurs with aging |
Esotropia | is stabismus characterized by an inward deviation of one or both eyes, cross eyed |
Exotropia | is strabismus characterized by the outward deviation of one eye relative to the other, walleye |
Tonometry | the measurement of intraocular pressure |
Orbitotomy | a surgical incision into the orbit |
Tarsorrhaphy | is the partial, or complete, suturing together of the upper and lower eyelids |
Keratotomy | surgical incision of the cornea |
Pseudophakia | an eye in which the natural lens has been replaced with an intraocular lens |
Retinopexy | used to reattach the detached area in a retinal detachment |
Myringopathy | disease of the eardrum |
Otalgia | pain in the ear, earache |
Otopyorrhea | is the flow of pus from the ear |
Otosclerosis | ankylosis of the bones of the middle ear, resulting in a conductive hearing loss |