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acous/o, audi/o, audit/o
WR: hearing
TERM 2
aden/o
DEFINITION 2
WR: gland
TERM 3
blephar/o
DEFINITION 3
WR: eyelid
TERM 4
choroid/o
DEFINITION 4
WR: choroid
TERM 5
chromat/o
DEFINITION 5
WR: color
cochle/o
WR: cochlea
TERM 7
conjunctiv/o
DEFINITION 7
WR: conjunctiva
TERM 8
corne/o
DEFINITION 8
WR: cornea
TERM 9
cor/o, core/o, pupill/o
DEFINITION 9
WR: pupil
TERM 10
dacry/o, lacrim/o
DEFINITION 10
WR: tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)
opt/o
WR: eye, vision
TERM 17
ot/o
DEFINITION 17
WR: ear
TERM 18
retin/o
DEFINITION 18
WR: retina
TERM 19
salping/o
DEFINITION 19
WR: tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)
TERM 20
scler/o
DEFINITION 20
WR: hardening; sclera (white of eye)
erythr/o
WR: red
TERM 22
my/o
DEFINITION 22
WR: muscle
TERM 23
neur/o
DEFINITION 23
WR: nerve
TERM 24
presby/o
DEFINITION 24
WR: old age
TERM 25
ton/o
DEFINITION 25
WR: tension
algia, dynia
S: pain
TERM 32
edema
DEFINITION 32
S: swelling
TERM 33
itis
DEFINITION 33
S: inflammation
TERM 34
logist
DEFINITION 34
S: specialist in study of
TERM 35
logy
DEFINITION 35
S: study of
malacia
S: softening
TERM 37
metry
DEFINITION 37
S: act of measuring
TERM 38
oma
DEFINITION 38
S: tumor
TERM 39
opia, opsia
DEFINITION 39
S: vision
TERM 40
osis
DEFINITION 40
S: abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood
cells)
scopy
S: visual examination
TERM 47
spasm
DEFINITION 47
S: involuntary contraction, twitching
TERM 48
stenosis
DEFINITION 48
S: narrowing, stricture
TERM 49
tropia, version
DEFINITION 49
S: turning
TERM 50
a
DEFINITION 50
P: without, not
ana
P: against; up; back
TERM 52
dipl
DEFINITION 52
P: double
TERM 53
eso
DEFINITION 53
P: inward
TERM 54
exo
DEFINITION 54
P: outside, outward
TERM 55
hyper
DEFINITION 55
P: excessive, above normal
OD
right eye
TERM 62
O.D.
DEFINITION 62
Doctor of Optometry
TERM 63
OS
DEFINITION 63
left eye
TERM 64
OU
DEFINITION 64
both eyes
TERM 65
REM
DEFINITION 65
rapid eye movement
XT
exotropia
TERM 67
AC
DEFINITION 67
air conduction
TERM 68
AD
DEFINITION 68
right ear
TERM 69
AS
DEFINITION 69
left ear
TERM 70
AU
DEFINITION 70
both ears
glaucoma
Condition in which aqueous humor fails to drain properly and
accumulates in the anterior chamber of the eye, causing
elevated intraocular pressure (IOP)
TERM 77
macular degeneration
DEFINITION 77
Breakdown of the tissues in the macula, resulting in loss of
central vision
TERM 78
photophobia
DEFINITION 78
Unusual intolerance and sensitivity to light
TERM 79
retinal detachment
DEFINITION 79
Separation of the retina from the choroid, which disrupts
vision and results in blindness if not repaired
TERM 80
strabismus
DEFINITION 80
Muscular eye disorder in which the eyes turn from the
normal position so that they deviate in different directions
esotropia
Strabismus in which there is a deviation of the visual axis of
one eye toward that of the other eye, resulting in diplopia;
also called cross-eye and convergent strabismus
TERM 82
exotropia
DEFINITION 82
Strabismus in which there is deviation of the visual axis of
one eye away from that of the other eye, resulting in
diplopia; also called wall-eye (cock-eye) and divergent
strabismus
TERM 83
hearing loss
DEFINITION 83
Decreased ability to perceive sounds compared to what the
individual or examiner would regard as normal
TERM 84
otitis media (OM)
DEFINITION 84
Inflammation of the middle ear, which is commonly the result
of an upper respiratory infection (URI)
TERM 85
otosclerosis
DEFINITION 85
Progressive deafness due to ossification in the bony labyrinth
of the inner ear
