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| Hemianopia | loss of vision in half of visual field; stroke patient may suffer from this disorder
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| Diplopia | double vision
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| Nyctalopia | difficulty seeing in dim light
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| Esotropia | inward turning of eye
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| Exotropia | outward turning of eye
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| Audiogram | chart that shows faintest sounds patient can hear during audiometry test
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| Otogram | uses artificial intelligence, touch-screen technology, and proprietary hearing testing equipment to allow patients to self-administer the hearing test, after brief instructions from an administrator
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| Tympan/o | eardrum
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| Myring/o | eardrum
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| Vertigo | dizziness
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| Tinnitus | ringing in ears
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| Presbycusis | loss of hearing that can accompany aging process
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| Binaural | referring to both ears
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| Anacusis | total absence of hearing
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| Otosclerosis | progressive hearing loss caused by immobility of stapes bone
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| Otitis Media | commonly referred to as middle ear infection
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| Otitis Externa | external ear infection
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| Labyrinthitis | labyrinth inflammation
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| Cataract | diminished vision resulting from lens of eye becoming opaque or cloudy
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| Glaucoma | increase in intraocular pressure that, if untreated, may result in atrophy of optic nerve and blindness
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| Strabismus | eye muscle weakness resulting in each eye looking in different direction at same time
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| Astigmatism | condition in which light rays are focused unevenly on eye, which causes distorted image due to abnormal curvature of cornea
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| Photophobia | strong sensitivity to bright light
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| Nystagmus | jerky-appearing involuntary eye movement
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| Hordeolum | a stye
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| Pterygium | hypertrophied conjunctival tissue in inner corner of eye
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| Conjunctivitis | inflammation of conjunctiva
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| Blepharitis | inflammatory condition of eyelash follicles and glands of eyelids that result in swelling, redness, and crusts of dried mucus on lids
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| Antiemetic | substance that controls nausea and vomiting
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| Mydriatic | substance that causes pupil to dilate
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| Miotic | substance that causes pupil to constrict
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| Lacrimal | pertaining to tears
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| Otalgia | ear pain
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| Intraocular | pertaining to within eye
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| Transdermal | route of drug administration
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| Chemotherapy | treating disease by using chemicals that have a toxic effect on body
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| -gram | record or picture
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| -meter | instrument for measuring
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| -metry | process of measuring
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| Sublingual | pertaining to under the tongue
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| Tymanic | pertaining to eardrum
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| Corneal | pertaining to cornea
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| Carcinoma | new growth or malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue
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| Toxicity | extent or degree to which substance is poisonous
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| Potentiation | giving patient second drug to boost effect of another drug
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| Side Effect | response to drug other than effect desired
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| Habituation | development of emotional dependence on drug due to repeated use
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| Addiction | acquired dependence on a drug
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| Presbyopia | visual loss due to old age
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| Myopia | with this condition person can see things that are close up but distance vision is blurred
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| Hyperopia | with this condition person can see things in the distance but has trouble reading material at close vision
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| PET | positron emission tomography
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| US | ultra sound
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| CT | calcitonin, computerized tomography
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| Prosthetics | artificial devices, such as limbs and joints, that replace missing body parts
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| Orthotics | use of equipment, such as splints and braces, to support paralyzed muscle, promote specific motion, or correct musculoskeletal deformities
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| Adaptive Equipment | equipment that has been structured to aid in mobility, eating, and managing other activities of daily living
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| Debridement | removal of foreign material and dead or damaged tissue from wound
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| Hydrotherapy | using water for treatment purposes
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| Gait Training | assisting person to learn to walk again or how to use assistive device to walk
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| Mobilization | treatments such as exercise and massage to restore movement to joints and soft tissue
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| Analgesic | substance that relieves pain without loss of consciousness
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| Resection | to surgically cut out
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| Cauterization | destruction of tissue using electric current, caustic product, or hot iron, or by freezing
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