Language of Medicine 10th edition
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| choroid ciliary body | show 🗑
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| show | Photoreceptor cell in the retina that transforms light energy into a nerve impulse. Cones are responsible for color and central vision.
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| conjunctiva | show 🗑
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| cornea | show 🗑
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| fovea centralis | show 🗑
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| show | Posterior, inner part of the eye.
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| show | Pigmented (colored) layer that opens and closes to allow more or less light into the eye. The central opening of the iris is the pupil.
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| show | Transparent, biconvex body behind the pupil of the eye. It bends (refracts) light rays to bring them into focus on the retina.
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| show | Yellowish region on the retina lateral to and lightly below the optic disc; contains the fovea centralis, which is the area of clearest vision.
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| show | Point at which optic nerve fibers cross in the brain (Latin chiasma means crossing).
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| optic disc | show 🗑
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| optic nerve | show 🗑
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| pupil | show 🗑
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| show | Bending of light rays by the cornea, lens and fluids of the eye to bring the rays into focus on the retina. Refract means to break (-fract) back (re-).
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| show | Light-sensitive nerve cell layer of the eye containing photoreceptor cells (rods and cones).
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| show | Photoreceptor cell of the retina essential for vision in dim light and for peripheral vision.
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| show | Tough, white outer coat of the eyeball.
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| show | Relay center of the brain. Optic nerve fibers pass through the thalamus on their way to the cerebral cortex.
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| vitreous humor | show 🗑
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| accommodation | show 🗑
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| anterior chamber | show 🗑
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| show | Fluid produced by the ciliary body and found in the anterior chamber. A humor (Latin humidus means moist) is any body fluid, including blood and lymph.
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| show | eyelid
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| show | water
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| conjunctiv/o | show 🗑
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| conjunctivitis | show 🗑
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| show | pupil
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| show | Anis/o means unequal. Anisocoria may be an indication of neurological injury or disease.
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| corne/o | show 🗑
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| show | ciliary body or muscle of the eye
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| show | tears, tear duct (see lacrim/o)
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| ir/o, irid/o | show 🗑
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| iritis | show 🗑
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| iridectomy | show 🗑
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| show | horny, hard; cornea
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| keratitis | show 🗑
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| show | tear, tearduct; lacrimal duct
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| Lacrimal | show 🗑
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| ocul/o | show 🗑
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| ophthalm/o | show 🗑
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| show | Medical doctor who specializes in treating disorders of the eye.
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| ophthalmic | show 🗑
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| opthalmoplegia | show 🗑
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| show | eye, vision
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| optic | show 🗑
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| show | Nonmedical professional who grinds lenses and fits glasses but cannot prescribe lenses.
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| show | eyelid
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| show | pertaining to the eyelid.
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| papill/o | show 🗑
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| pipilledema | show 🗑
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| phac/o, phak/o | show 🗑
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| phacoemulsification | show 🗑
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| aphakia | show 🗑
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| show | pupil
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| retin/o | show 🗑
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| show | Retinitis pigmentosa is a genetic disorder pigmented scar forms on the retina) that destroys retinal rods. decreased vision and night blindness (nyctalopia) occur.
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| show | Lesions such as narrowing of arterioles, microaneurysms, hemorrhages, and exudates (fluid leakage) are found on examination of the fundus.
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| show | sclera (white of the eye); hard
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| show | uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
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| vitre/o | show 🗑
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| ambly/o | show 🗑
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| amblyopia | show 🗑
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| show | double
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| show | gray
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| glaucoma | show 🗑
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| mi/o | show 🗑
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| miosis | show 🗑
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| show | widen, enlarge
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| mydriasis | show 🗑
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| nyct/o | show 🗑
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| show | -opia means vision; -al comes from Greek ala, meaning blindness. Night blindness is poor vision at night but good vision on bright days. Deficiency of vitamin A lads to nyctalopia.
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| show | light
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| show | Sensitivity to light.
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| presby/o | show 🗑
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| show | darkness
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| show | a blind spot. Area of decreased vision surrounded by an area of normal vision; this can result from damage to the retina or the optic nerve.
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| show | dry
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| xerophthalmia | show 🗑
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| show | vision
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| hyperopia | show 🗑
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| -opsia | show 🗑
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| show | Absence of vision in half of the visual field. Stroke victims frequently have damage to the brain on one side of the visual cortex and experience hemianopsia ( the visual loss is on the right or the left visual field of both eyes.).
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| -tropia | show 🗑
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| esotropia | show 🗑
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| astigmatism | show 🗑
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| show | Farsightedness
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| show | Nearsightedness; vision for near objects is better than for far.
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| show | Impairment of vision as a result of old age.
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| cataract | show 🗑
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| chalazion | show 🗑
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| diabetic retinopathy | show 🗑
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| glaucoma | show 🗑
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| Blepharitis | show 🗑
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| show | Ganuloma formed around an inflamed sebaceous gland.
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| Dacryocystitis | show 🗑
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| Ectropion | show 🗑
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| show | Inversion of the eyelid, causing the lashes to rub against the eye; corneal abrasion may result
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| Hordeolum (stye) | show 🗑
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| show | Drooping of upper lid margin as a result of neuromuscular problems or trauma.
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| show | Raised yellowish plaque on eyelid cased by lipid disorder (xanth/o = yellow, -elasma = plate)
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| hordeolum (stye or sty) | show 🗑
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| show | Progressive damage to the macula of the retina.
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| nystagmus | show 🗑
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| retinal detachment | show 🗑
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| show | bright flashes of light
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| show | black spots or filmy shapes, which are vitreous clumps that detach from the retina.
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| photocoagulation | show 🗑
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| show | for large retinal detachments, made of silicone is sutured to the sclera directly over the detached portion of the retina to push the retinal layer together.
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| show | A procedure used in retinal detachments, involving a gas bubble that is injected into the vitreous cavity to put pressure on the area of retinal tear until the retina is reattached.
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| strabismus | show 🗑
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| esotropia | show 🗑
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| exotropia | show 🗑
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| show | upward deviation of one eye
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| show | downward deviation of one eye
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| amblyopia | show 🗑
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| diplopia | show 🗑
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| show | Process of recording (viewing and photographing) the circulation of a fluorescein dye through the blood vessels of the retina.
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| show | Visual examination of the interior of the eye.
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| slit lamp microscopy | show 🗑
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| show | Measurement of clearness of vision; assessed by reading letters of decreasing size on an eye chart.
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| visual field test | show 🗑
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| show | Removal of the entire eyeball
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| keratoplasty | show 🗑
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| show | Intense, precisely focused light beam (argon laser) creates an inflammatory reaction that seals retinal tears and leaky retinal blood vessels.
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| show | Use of an excimer laser to correct errors of refraction (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
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| phacoemulsification | show 🗑
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| show | Suture of a silicone band to the sclera over a detached portion of the retina.
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| vitrectomy | show 🗑
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| show | Watery fluid that circulates through the posterior and anterior chambers of the eye.
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| show | Inflammation of an eyelid.
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| show | Prolapse (sagging) of an eyelid.
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| conjunctivitis | show 🗑
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| anisocoria | show 🗑
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| corneal abrasion | show 🗑
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| cycloplegic | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of a lacrimal (tear) gland.
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| show | Inflammation of the iris.
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| iridic | show 🗑
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| show | Removal of (a portion of) the iris.
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| show | Inflammation of the cornea.
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| show | Pertaining to tears.
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| lacrimation | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to within the eye.
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| show | One who specializes in the study of the eye, its disorders and treatment.
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| ophthalmic | show 🗑
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| show | Paralysis of the eye (muscles).
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| show | Pertaining to the eye or to vision.
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| show | One who “measures” (examines) eyes and prescribes lenses.
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| optician | show 🗑
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| palpebral | show 🗑
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| papilledema | show 🗑
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| phacoemulsification | show 🗑
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| aphakia | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to the pupil.
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| retinitis | show 🗑
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| hypertensive retinopathy | show 🗑
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| show | Pertaining to the cornea and scleral layers of the eye
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| scleritis | show 🗑
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| show | Inflammation of the uvea (vascular layer of the eye).
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| vitreous humor | show 🗑
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| show | Dullness of vision (can be caused by poor nutrition, trauma to the eye, or suppression of vision in one eye to avoid diplopia).
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| show | Double vision (the perception of two images of a single object).
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| glaucoma | show 🗑
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| miosis | show 🗑
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| show | Condition of enlargement of the pupils.
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| show | Condition of night blindness
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| photophobia | show 🗑
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| show | Condition of defective vision with advancing age; loss of accommodation.
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| scotoma | show 🗑
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| xerophthalmia | show 🗑
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| hyperopia | show 🗑
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| show | Condition of absence of vision in half of a visual field.
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| esotropia | show 🗑
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| acoustic | show 🗑
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| audiogram | show 🗑
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| audiologist | show 🗑
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| auditory | show 🗑
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| aural | show 🗑
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| postauricular | show 🗑
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| cochlear | show 🗑
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| mastoiditis | show 🗑
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| show | Incision of the eardrum.
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| myringitis | show 🗑
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| show | Surgical repair of a middle ear bone.
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| show | Pertaining to the ear.
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| otomycosis | show 🗑
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| show | Discharge of pus from the ear.
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| otolaryngologist | show 🗑
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| salpingopharyngeal | show 🗑
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| stapedectomy | show 🗑
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| tympanoplasty | show 🗑
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| vestibulocochlear | show 🗑
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| show | Abnormally acute sensitivity to sounds.
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| show | Progressive, bilateral hearing loss occurring with age.
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| audiometer | show 🗑
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| macrotia | show 🗑
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| show | Incision of the cornea
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| show | Pinna or auricle, external auditory canal (meatus), Tympanic membrane.
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| cerumen | show 🗑
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| show | tympanic membrane,(between outer and middle ear) then ossicles; the three small bones, malleus, incus, and stapes...oval window.
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| show | Three small bones, malleus, incus and stapes.
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| show | Hammer-shaped, small bone (ossicle) in the middle ear.
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| incus | show 🗑
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| show | Small, stirrup-shaped bone in the middle ear; third ossicle
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| oval window | show 🗑
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| show | is a canal leading from the middle ear to the pharynx.
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| show | inner ear, circular, maze-like structure
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| perilymph | show 🗑
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| show | Special auditory liquids, found in the cochlea of the inner ear, through which vibrations travel.
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| show | Present in the cochlea of the inner ear, is a sensitive auditory receptor area; in this organ, tiny hair cells receive vibrations from the auditory liquids and relay the sound waves to auditory nerve fibers.
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| show | Pick the sound vibrations from the auditory liquids and relay them to the auditory center of the cerebral cortex, where impulses are "heard."
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| vestibule | show 🗑
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| show | Cochlea, Auditory liquids and receptors in the organ of Corti, Auditory nerve fibers. To Cerebral cortex
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| Auditory canal | show 🗑
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| auditory meatus | show 🗑
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| auditory nerve fibers | show 🗑
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| vestibulocochlear nerve | show 🗑
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| show | Channel between the middle ear and the nasopharynx; eustachian tube.
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| auricle | show 🗑
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| show | Waxy substance secreted by the external ear; also called earwax.
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| cochlea | show 🗑
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| show | Fluid within the labyrinth of the inner ear.
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| incus | show 🗑
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| show | Maze-like series of canals of the inner ear. This includes the cochlea, vestibule, and semicircular canals.
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| show | First ossicle of the middle ear; malleus means hammer.
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| organ of Corti | show 🗑
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| semicircular canals | show 🗑
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| show | Third ossicle of the middle ear. Stapes means stirrup.
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| show | Membranous sac (saccule and utricle) contains fluid, endolymph, as well as sensitive hair cells. Located in the semicircular canals
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| show | Membranous sac (saccule and utricle) contains fluid, endolymph, as well as sensitive hair cells. Located in the semicircular canals
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| salping/o | show 🗑
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| show | ear
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| show | night
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| -tropia | show 🗑
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| tympan/o | show 🗑
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| uve/o | show 🗑
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| -cusis | show 🗑
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| -meter | show 🗑
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| acous/o | show 🗑
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| audi/o | show 🗑
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| show | hearing; as in auditory
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| show | ear (see ot/o), as in aural
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| show | cochlea
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| mastoid/o | show 🗑
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| show | The mastoid process is the posterior portion of the temporal bone extending downward behind the external auditory meatus. Mastoiditis, cased by bacterial infection, spreads from the middle ear.
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| myring/o | show 🗑
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| show | ossicle
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| -otia | show 🗑
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| macrotia | show 🗑
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| acoustic neuroma | show 🗑
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| cholesteatoma | show 🗑
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| show | Loss of the ability to hear
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| show | Disorder of the labyrinth of the inner ear; elevated endolymph pressure within the cochlea (cochlear hydrops) and semicircular canals (vestibular hydrops).
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| otitis media | show 🗑
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| Serous otitis media | show 🗑
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| otosclerosis | show 🗑
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| tinnitus | show 🗑
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| show | Sensation of irregular or whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects.
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| show | Testing the sense of hearing
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| show | An audiometer is an electrical device that delivers acoustic stimuli of specific frequencies to determine a patients hearing loss for each frequency.
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| cochlear implant procedure | show 🗑
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| show | Measurement of the temperature of the tympanic membrane by detection of infrared radiation from the eardrum.
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| otoscopy | show 🗑
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| tuning fork test | show 🗑
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| show | acute otitis media
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| show | left ear (Latin, auris sinistra)
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| EENT | show 🗑
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| show | electronystagmography- a test of the balance mechanism of the inner ear by assessing eye movements.
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| nystagmus | show 🗑
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| ENT | show 🗑
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| ETD | show 🗑
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| HEENT | show 🗑
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| PE tube | show 🗑
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| show | serous otitis media
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| dacryoadenitis | show 🗑
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| show | Drug that causes the pupil of the eye to contract.
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| show | Night blindness or difficult, poor vision at night.
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| show | Inflammation of the retina with pigmentation and progressive scarring of tissue
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| show | Measurement of tension and pressure within the eye; glaucoma test.
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| suppurative otitis media | show 🗑
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