Special Senses Reverse Definitions
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| A chamber that joins the cochlea and semicircular canals | show 🗑
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| A state of balance, controlled by the semicircular canals and the vestibule | show 🗑
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| A tube which connects the nose and the throat with the caavity of the middle ear | show 🗑
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| show | cerumen
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| Ability to bend light rays as they pass from one medium to another | show 🗑
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| Abnormal overflow of tears | show 🗑
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| Accumulation of aqueous humor in the eye | show 🗑
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| show | accomodation
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| show | cycloplegic agents
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| An error in refraction causing poor focus | show 🗑
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| Any disorder of retinal blood vessels | show 🗑
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| Any fluid of semifluid of the body | show 🗑
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| Blocking of sound waves as they pass through the external and middle ear | show 🗑
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| Chronic progressive disease of degeneration of the retina and atrophy of the optic nerve | show 🗑
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| show | trachomo
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| Clearness or sharpness of a sensory function | show 🗑
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| show | anacusis
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| Condition caused by the destruction of hair cells, the organs responsible for hearing, caused by sounds that are "too long, too loud or too close" | show 🗑
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| show | strabismus
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| show | ophthalmic decongestants
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| Corrective surgery for a deformed or excessively large or small pinna | show 🗑
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| Cosmetic surgery that removes fatty tissue above and below the eyes that commonly form as a result of the aging process or excessive exposure to the sun | show 🗑
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| show | dacryocystorhinostomy
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| Decrease aqueous humor production by constricting thepupil to open the angle between the iris and cornea | show 🗑
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| Defective curvature of the cornea or lens | show 🗑
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| show | corectasis
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| Discharge of pus from the ear | show 🗑
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| Disorder of the labyrinth that leads to progressive loss of hearing | show 🗑
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| show | diabetic retinopathy
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| Disrupt parasympathetic nerve supply to the eye or stimulate the sypathetic nervous system, causing the pupil to dilate | show 🗑
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| Ear pain | show 🗑
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| Evaluation of blood vessels and their leakage in and neneath the retina after injection of fluorescein dye, which circulates while photographs of the vessels within the eye are obtained | show 🗑
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| show | tonometry
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| Evaluation of refractive errors of the eye by projecting a light into the eyes and determining the movement of reflected light rays | show 🗑
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| Evaluation of sound conduction using a vibrating tuning fork | show 🗑
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| show | ectropion
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| Examination of the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye to determine occular motility and rotation and diagnosis and manage glaucoma | show 🗑
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| Excision of the iris | show 🗑
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| Farsightedness | show 🗑
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| show | dacryorrhea
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| Fluid that very closely resembles spinal fluid but found in the cochlea | show 🗑
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| Flushing of the ear canal with water or saline to dislodge foreign bodies or impacted cerumen | show 🗑
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| Formation of an opening between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal space for the draining of aqueous humor in glaucoma | show 🗑
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| show | otosclerosis
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| show | audition
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| show | nytalopia
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| Impairment of hearing resulting from old age; also called presbyacusia | show 🗑
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| Incision of the cornea for treatment of nearsightedness or astigmatism | show 🗑
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| Infection of the external auditiory canal | show 🗑
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| Inflammation of the conjunctiva with vascular congestion, producing a red or pink eye and may be secondary to allergy or viral, bacterial, or fungal infections | show 🗑
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| show | eustachitis
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| show | labyrinthitis
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| Inflammation of the iris | show 🗑
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| show | otitis media
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| show | ophthalmic antibiotics
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| show | pressure-equilizing (PE) tube placement
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| show | entropion
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| show | esotropia
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| Layer or coat of tissue; also called membrane layer | show 🗑
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| show | amblyopia
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| show | photopigment
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| show | hordeolum
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| Loosen and help remove impacted cerumen | show 🗑
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| show | presbyopia
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| show | anosmia
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| show | audiometry
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| Measurement of the blood pressure of the retinal vessels | show 🗑
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| show | eletronystagmography (ENG)
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| Method of treating cataracts by using ultraxonic waves to disintegrate a cloudy lens, which is then aspirated and removed | show 🗑
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| show | ciliary mucsles
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| One of the temporal bones which encloses the sinuses | show 🗑
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| One of the three bones of the middle ear; shaped like stirrups | show 🗑
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| show | malleus
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| One of the three bones of the middle ear; shaped like an anvil | show 🗑
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| One of the three structures of the inner ear; responsible for balance | show 🗑
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| One who specializes in eye measurements | show 🗑
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| Opacities on the lens or the capsule that enclose the lens, causing loss of vision | show 🗑
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| Outward turning of the eye(s) | show 🗑
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| Paralysis of the eye | show 🗑
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| show | visual acuity (VA) test
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| Perception of ringing, hissing, or other sounds in the ears or head when no external sound is present | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to a tear | show 🗑
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| Pertaining to a smell | show 🗑
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| Placement of an artificial hearing device that produces hearing sensations by electrically stimulating nerves inside the inner ear; also called bionic ear | show 🗑
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| show | pneumatic otoscopy
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| show | blepharoptosis
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| Provide temporary relief from pain and inflammation associated with otic disorders | show 🗑
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| Radiographic imaging procedures of the nasolacrimal glands and ducts | show 🗑
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| Reconstruction of the eardrum, commonly due to perforation; also called myringoplasty | show 🗑
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| Removal of the contents of the eye while leaving the sclera and cornea intact | show 🗑
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| show | enucleation
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| Sensation of a spinning motion either of oneself or of the surroundings | show 🗑
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| Series of intricate communicating passages | show 🗑
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| show | achromatopsia
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| show | ear canal
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| Small, hard tumour developing on the eyelid, somewhat similar to a sebaceous cyst | show 🗑
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| show | cochlea
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| Soothe dry eyes due to environmental irritants and allergens | show 🗑
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| Stereoscopic magnified view of the anterior eye structure in detail, which includes the cornea, lens, iris, sclera, and vitreous humor | show 🗑
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| Substance or surface that neither transmits nor allows the passage of light | show 🗑
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| show | sclerostomy
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| Surgical opening of a cavity within the mastoid process | show 🗑
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| Surgical puncture of the cornea | show 🗑
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| show | papilledema
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| show | gustation
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| show | caloric stimulation test
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| show | cprnea
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| The white of the eye, composed of a tough, fiberous tissue which serves as a protective shield for the more sensitive structures underneath | show 🗑
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| show | ossicles
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| Tiny nerve ending within the cochlea which combine with cochlear fluid to generate nerve impulses to the brain via the auditory nerve | show 🗑
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| show | adnexa
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| show | antiemetics
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| Tuning fork test that evaluates bone conduction of sound in both ears at the same time | show 🗑
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| show | Rinne
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| Type of involuntary eye movements that appear jerky and may reduce vision or be associated with other, more serious onditions that limit vision | show 🗑
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| show | photophobia
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| show | intracapsular extraction
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| show | metamorphopsia
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| show | otoscopy
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| Visual examination of the interior of the eye using a hand-held instrument called an ophthalmoscope, which has various adjustable lenses for magnification and a light source to illuminate the interior of the eye | show 🗑
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