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Chapter 11

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Term
Definition
OPT/O OPTIC/O OPHTHALM/O OCUL/O   EYE, VISION  
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IR/O IRID/O   IRIS  
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LABYRINTH/O   INNER EAR  
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OT/O AUR/I   EAR  
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MYRING/O   MIDDLE EAR  
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RETIN/O   RETINA  
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LACRIM/O   TEAR DUCT  
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BLEPHAR/O   EYELID  
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ACOUS/O AUDI/O   HEARING  
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KERAT/O   HORNY, HARD CORNEA  
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MYRING/O   TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM  
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TYMPAN/O   TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, EARDRUM  
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TROP/O   TURN, CHANGE  
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SCLER/O   SCLERA, WHITE OF EYE, HARD  
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RETIN/O   RETINA, NET  
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OPHTHALM/O   EYE VISION  
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-OPIA   VISION CONDITION  
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OPT/O   EYE, VISION  
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OT/O   EAR HEARING  
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CATARACT   IS THE LOSS OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE LENS THAT CAUSES PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VISUAL CLARITY  
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COCHLEAR IMPLANT   AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT BYPASSES THE DAMAGED PORTIONS OF THE EAR AND DIRECTLY STIMULATES THE AUDITORY NERVE  
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CONJUNCTIVITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA, USUALLY CAUSED BY AND INFECTION OF ALLERGY  
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AUDIOMETRY   THE USE OF AN AUDIOMETER TO MEASURE HEARING ACUITY  
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EXOTROPHIA   STRABISMUS CHARACTERIZED BY THE OUTWARD DEVIATION OF ONE EYE RELATIVE TO THE OTHER  
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GLAUCOMA   A GROUP OF DISEASES CHARACTERIZED BY INCREASED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE THAT CAUSES DAMAGES TO THE OPTIC NERVE AND RETINAL NERVE FIBERS  
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HYPEROPIA   A VISION DEFECT IN WHICH LIGHT RAYS FOCUS BEYOND THE RETINA. AKA FARSIGHTEDNESS  
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ESOTROPHIA   STRABISMUS CHARACTERIZED BY AN INWARD DEVASTATION OF ONE OR BOTH EYES  
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IRIDECTOMY   THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TISSUE OF THE IRIS  
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KERATITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE CORNEA  
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LABRYINTHECTOMY   THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE LABYRINTH  
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MYOPIA   A DEFECT IN WHICH LIGHT RAYS FOCUS IN FRONT OF THE RETINA. AKA NEARSIGHTEDNESS  
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MASTROIDECTOMY   SURGICAL REMOVAL OF MASTOID CELLS  
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MYRINGOTOMY   SMALL SURGICAL INCISION IN THE EARDRUM TO RELEAVE PRESSURE FROM EXCESS PUS OR FLUID OR TO CREATE AN OPENING FOR THE PLACEMENT OF EAR TUBES  
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OPHTHALMOSCOPY   AN INSTRUMENT USED TO EXAMINE THE INTERIOR OF THE EYE  
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OPTOMETRIST    
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OTITIS MEDIA   INFLAMMATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR  
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OTORRHEA   DISCHARGE FROM THE EAR  
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PHOTOPHOBIA   EXCESSIVE SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT  
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OTSCLEROSIS   ANKYLOSIS OF THE BONE OF THE MIDDLE EAR RESULTING IN A CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS  
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PRESBYOPIA   CONDITION OF COMMON CHANGES IN THE EYES THAT OCCUR WITH AGING  
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PTOSIS   DROOPING OF THE UPPER EYELID THAT IS USUALLY DUE TO PARALYSIS  
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SCLERITIS   INFLAMMATION OF THE SCLERA OF THE EYE  
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RETINOPEXY   TREATMENT TO REATTACH THE DETACHED AREA IN A RETINAL DETACHMENT  
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TARSORRHAPHY   THE PARTIAL OR COMPLETE SUTURING TOGETHER OF THE UPPER AND LOWER EYELIDS  
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TINNITUS   CONDITION OF RINGING, BUZZING, OR ROARING SOUND IN ONE OR BOTH EARS  
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TYMPANOMETRY   THE USE OF AIR PRESSURE IN THE EAR TO CANAL TO TEST FOR DISORDERS OF THE MIDDLE EAR  
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VERTIGO   A SENSE OF WHIRLING, DIZZINESS, AND LOSS OF BALANCE, OFTEN COMBINED WITH NAUSEA AND VOMITTING  
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PRESBYCUSIS   A GRADUAL SENSOR-NEURAL HEARING LOSS THAT OCCURS AS THE BODY AGES  
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XEROPHTHALMIA   DRYING OF EYE SURFACES INCLUDING THE CONJUNCTIVA  
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