Medical Terminology

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Medical Terminology

• Eye Ear
• Lesson 17

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• The eye and the ear are sense organs, like the
  skin, taste buds, and olfactory centers of smell
  in the nose. The terms in this chapter will
  relate to the locations, functions, conditions,
  and procedures of the eye and ear only.

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Acous/o Ambly/o
Audi/o Audit/o Aur/o Auricul/o
hearing dull, dim
hearing ear
unequal water
eyelid cochlea
Anis/o Aque/o
Blephar/o Cochle/o
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Conjuntiv/o Cor/o
Dacry/o Dipl/o
conjuntiva pupil
tears, tear duct double
cornea ciliary body muscle of eye
gray iris
Core/o Cycl/o
Glauc/o Ir/o Irid/o
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Kerat/o Lacrim/o
Myc/o Mydr/o
cornea tears
fungus widen, larger
mastoid smaller, less
tympanic membrane, eardrum night
Mastoid/o Mi/o
Myring/o Nyct/o
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Ocul/o Ophthalm/o
Ot/o Palpebr/o
eye eye
ear eyelid
eye, vision ossicles (bones of middle ear)
optic disc (disk) lens of the eye
Opt/o Optic/o Ossicul/o
Papill/o Phac/o Phak/o
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Phot/o Presby/o
Salping/o Scler/o
light old age
auditory tube (eustachian) sclera (white of
eye)
pupil retina
darkness stapes (one of middle ear bones)
Pupill/o Retin/o
Scot/o Staped/o
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Tympan/o Uve/o
Suffixes -acusis -cusis -opia -opsia -otia -p
hobia -tropia
eardrum uvea, vascular layer of eye-iris,
ciliary body choroid) vestibule of inner
ear glassy dry
hearing vision

ear condition fear to turn
Vestibul/o Vitre/o Xer/o

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PRACTICE
1 aqueous
Pertaining to water (fluid in front of the lens)
Inflammation of the eyelid
2 blepharitis
Drooping,sagging of the eyelid
3 blepharoptosis
Inflammation of the conjunctiva (membrane
protects front of eye)
4 conjunctivitis
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PRACTICE
5 anisocoria
Condition of unequal pupils
Pertaining to paralysis of the ciliary bodies
that control the lens shape
6 cycloplegic
Inflammation of the tear duct gland
7 dacryoadenitis
Surgical removal of the iris
8 iridectomy
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PRACTICE
9 keratitis
Inflammation of the cornea
Process of tear formation
10 lacrimation
Pertaining to within the eye
11 intraocular
Specialist who studies and treats the eye
12 ophthalmologist
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PRACTICE
13 optometrist
Nonmedical person who examines the eye for vision
Nonmedical person who grinds lens and fits glasses
14 optician
Pertaining to the eyelid
15 palpebral
Swelling of the optic disk (from increased blood
flow)
16 papilledema
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PRACTICE
17 aphakia
Condition of without the lens of the eye (may be
congenital)
Disease of the retina
18 retinopathy
Inflammation of the sclera (white of the eye)
19 scleritis
Inflammation of the uvea (vascular layer of eye
includes iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
20 uveitis
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PRACTICE
21 vitreous
Pertaining to glassy (gel in back of lens of eye)
Condition of dull vision (lazy eye)
22 amblyopia
Double vision
23 diplopia
Mass of gray (gleam of infected eye from
increased pressure in eye)
24 glaucoma
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PRACTICE
25 mydriasis
Condition of widening, enlargement (of pupils)
Night vision (night blindness)
26 nyctalopia
Fear of light (sensitivity)
27 photophobia
Old age vision
28 presbyopia
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PRACTICE
29 scotoma
Tumor of darkness (damage caused a blind spot)
Condition of dry eye
30 xerophthalmia
Excessive vision (farsghtedness-need a convex
lens to correct short eyeball shape)
31 hyperopia
Inward turning of the eye (cross-eyed)
32 esotropia
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PRACTICE
1 acoustic
Pertaining to hearing
Record of hearing
2 audiogram
Pertaining to behind the ear
3 postauricular
Pertaining to the cochlea (hearing organ)
4 cochlear
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PRACTICE
5 myringotomy
To cut into the eardrum
Surgical repair of the ossicles (middle ear
bones-hammer, anvil, stirrup)
6 ossiculoplasty
Pertaining to the ear
7 otic
Abnormal condition of fungus in the ear
8 otomycosis
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PRACTICE
9 otolaryngologist
Specialist who studies and treats the ear and the
voice box
Pertaining to the eustachian tube and the throat
10 salpingopharyngeal
Surgical removal of the stapes (stirrup)
11 stapedectomy
Surgical repair of the eardrum
12 tympanoplasty
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PRACTICE
13 vestibulocochlear
Pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea
(parts of the inner ear)
Excessive hearing
14 hyperacusis
Hearing of old age (nerve deafness)
15 presbycusis
Condition of little ears
16 microtia
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