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Medical Terminolgy
Part 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acuity | clearness or sharpness of sensory function |
| Adnexa | tissue near related structure |
| humor | any fluid |
| labyrinth | communicating passages |
| opgue | not transparent |
| refractive | ability to bend light rays |
| ambly | dull |
| blephar | eyelid |
| core | pupil |
| dacry | tear, lacrimal duct |
| dacryocyst | lacrimal sac |
| glauc | gray |
| goni | angle |
| irid | iris |
| kerta | hard tissue/ cornea |
| ocul | eye |
| opt | eye vision |
| phac | lens |
| phot | light |
| presby | old age |
| scler | hardening |
| scot | darkness |
| ot | ear |
| myring | typanic membrane |
| acusia | hearing |
| Achromatopsia | deficiency in color perceptions |
| chalazion | hard tumor within the eye lid |
| conjunctivitis | pink eye |
| Ecropion | outward turning of the edge of the lower eyelid |
| emmetropia | normal vision |
| epiphora | abnormal overflow of tears |
| exophthalamus | protrusion of one o both eyeballs |
| hordeolum | stye |
| metamorphopsia | visual distortion |
| nyctalopia | impaired vision in dim light |
| nystagmus | involuntary eue movement |
| pailledema | edema and hypertension of the optic disk |
| photophobia | sensitivity to the light |
| retinopathy | any disorder in the retinal blood vessels |
| trachoma | leads to blindness |
| Anacusis | complete deafness |
| conduction impairment | blocking of sound waves |
| labyrinthitis | inflammation of inner ear |
| otitis externa | infection of external auditory canal |
| presbyacusis | impairment of hearing form old age |
| tinnitus | perception of constant ringing |
| audiometry | measurement of sound wave frequencies |
| ENG | method of assessing and recording eye movement |
| opthalmodynamometry | measuement of the blood pressure of hte retinal vessesl |
| VA | determining small letters on a chart |
| gonioscopy | determine rotation and motility of the eye |
| ophthalmoscoppy | visual examiniatoin of hte interior of the eye |
| Orthoptic Training | improve eye movement |
| blepharoplasty | removal of fatty tissue above and below eye due to aging |
| cochlear implant | artificial hearing device |
| enucleation | removal of the eye ball |
| evisceration | removal of parts of the eye ball |
| RK Radial Keratotomy | Incision ofhte cornea to treat nearsightedness |
| tympanoplasty | reconstruction of the eardrum |
| mydriates | pupil to dilate |
| ophthalmic Decongestants | constrict the small arterioles of the eye |
| ophthalmis moisturizers | soothe dry eyes |
| otic analgesics | provide temporary releif |
| Acc | accomindation |
| Ast | astigmatism |
| D | diopter |
| AD | right ear |
| OD | right eye |
| O.D. | Doctor of Optometry |
| OS | left eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| AS | Left ear |
| AU | both ears |
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