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3540 wk 3 terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |