Medical Terminology: Chapter 17
Terms
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- aque/o
- water
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- conjuctiv/o
- conjunctiva
- cor/o
- pupil
- corne/o
- cornea
- cycl/o
- ciliary body or muscle of the eye
- dacry/o
- tears, tear duct
- ir/o, irid/o
- iris (colored portion of the eye around the pupil)
- kerat/o
- cornea
- lacrim/o
- tears
- ocul/o
- eye
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- opt/o, optic/o
- eye, vision
- palpebr/o
- eyelid
- papill/o
- optic disc (disk); nipple-like
- phac/o, phak/o
- lens of the eye
- pupill/o
- pupil
- retin/o
- retina
- scler/o
- sclera (white of the eye)
- uve/o
- uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
- vitre/o
- glassy
- ambly/o
- dull, dim
- dipl/o
- double
- glauc/o
- gray
- mi/o
- smaller, less
- mydr/o
- widen, enlarge
- nyct/o
- night
- phot/o
- light
- presby/o
- old age
- scot/o
- darkness
- xer/o
- dry
- -opia
- vision
- -opsia
- vision
- -tropia
- to turn
- acous/o
- hearing
- audi/o
- hearing, the sense of hearing
- audit/o
- hearing
- aur/o, auricul/o
- ear
- cochle/o
- cochlea
- mastoid/o
- mastoid process
- myring/o
- eardrum, tympanic membrane
- ossicul/o
- ossicle
- ot/o
- ear
- salping/o
- eustachian tube, auditory tube
- staped/o
- stapes (third bone of the middle ear)
- tympan/o
- eardrum, tympanic membrane
- vestibul/o
- vestibule
- -acusis or -cusis
- hearing
- -otia
- ear condition
- astigmatism
- Defective curvature of the cornea or lens of the eye.
- hyperopia (hypermetropia)
- Farsightedness
- myopia
- nearsightedness
- presbyopia
- Impairment of vision as a result of old age.
- cataract
- Clouding of the lens, causing decreased vision
- chalazion
- Small, hard cystic mass (granuloma) on the eyelid; formed as a result of chronic inflammation of a sebaceous gland (meibomian gland) along the margin of the eyelid.
- glaucoma
- Increased intraocular pressure results in damage to the retina and optic nerve.
- macular degeneration
- Progressive damage to the macula of the retina.
- enucleation
- Removal of the entire eyeball.
- keratoplasty
- Surgical repair of the cornea.
- LASIK
- Use of an eximer laser to correct errors of refraction (myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism).
- phacoemulsification
- Ultrasonic vibrations break up the lens, which is then aspirated through the ultrasonic probe.
- otitis media
- Inflammation of the middle ear.
- otosclerosis
- Hardening of the bony tissue of the labyrinth of the ear.
- tinnuitus
- Sensation of noises (ringing, buzzing, whistling, booming) in the ears.
- vertigo
- Sensation of irregular whirling motion either of oneself or of external objects.
- audiometry
- Testing the sense of hearing.
- cochlear implant
- Surgically implanted device allowing sensorineural hearing-impaired persons to understand speech.
- otoscopy
- Visual examination of the ear with an otoscope.
- ophthalmoscopy
- Visual examination of the interior of the eye.
- visual acuity test
- Clarity of vision is assessed.
- visual field test
- Measures the area within which objects are seen when the eyes are fixed looking straight ahead with moving the head.