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COURSE 3540 WEEK 3
TERMINOLOGY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| OPTIC | PERTAINING TO THE EYE OR SIGHT |
| EXTRAOCULAR | OUTSIDE THE EYEBALL |
| BLEPHAROPTOSIS | (PTOSIS) DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID |
| CONJUNCTIVITIS | (PINKEYE) AN INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA |
| PAPILLEDEMA | (CHOKED DISK) SWELLING AND INFLAMMATION OF THE OPTIC NERVE |
| DIPLOPIA | (DOUBLE VISION) |
| NYCTALOPIA | (NIGHT BLINDNESS) |
| PRESBYOPIA | CONDTION OF COMMON CHANGES IN THE EYES THAT OCCUR WITH AGING |
| ESOTROPIA | (CROSS EYES) |
| EXOTROPIA | (WALL EYE) |
| TONOMETRY | THE MEASUREMENT OF INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE |
| ORBITOTOMY | A SURGICAL INCISION INTO THE ORBIT OR BONEY SOCKET |
| TARSORRHAPHY | IS THE PARTIAL OR COMPLETE SUTERING TOGETHER OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS |
| KERATOTOMY | SURGICAL INCISION INTO THE CORNEA |
| PSEUDOPHAKIA | AN EYE IN WHICH THE NATURAL LENS HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH AN INTRAOCULAR LENS |
| RETINOPEXY | SURGICAL FICTATION USED TO REATTATCH THE RETINAL |
| MYRINGOPATHY | DISEASE OF THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE OR EARDRUM |
| OTALGIA | (EARACHE) PAIN IN THE EAR |
| OTOPYORRHEA | IS THE FLOW OF PUS FROM THE EAR |
| OTOSCLEROSIS | THE ANKYLOSIS OF THE BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR |