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Conjunctiv/o
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Conjunctiva
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Choroid/o
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Choroid
A thin highly vascular layer of the eye between the retina and sclera
3
Q
Corne/o
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Cornea
4
Q
Cor/o
Core/o
Pupill/o
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Pupil
5
Q
Dacry/o
Lacrim/o
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Tear Lacrimal apparatus ( duct, sac, gland)
6
Q
Dipl/o
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Double
7
Q
Irid/o
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Iris
8
Q
Kerat/o
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Horny tissue
Hard
Cornea
9
Q
Ocul/o
Opthalm/o
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Eye
10
Q
Opt/o
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Eye
Vision
11
Q
Retin/o
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Retina
12
Q
Scler/o
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Hardening
Sclera (white of the eye)
13
Q
- opia
- opsia
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Vision
14
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Ptosis
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Prolapse
Downward displacement
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Q
-tropia
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Turning
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Acous/o
Audi/o
Audit/o
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Hearing
17
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Myring/o
Tympan/o
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Tympanic membrane
Eardrum
18
Q
Ot/o
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Ear
19
Q
Salping/o
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Tube
20
Q
-acusis
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Hearing
21
Q
Chromat/o
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Color
22
Q
Irid/o
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Iris
23
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Presby/o
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Old age
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Ton/o
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Tension
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-tropia
Turning
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Eso-
Inward
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Exo-
Outside
| Outward
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Corneitis is aka
Keratitis
29
Aniso-
Unequal
| Dissimilar
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-ation
Process of
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Lacrimation
Secretion
| Discharge of tears
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Hypertropia
Ocular deviation (strabium) with one eye located higher than the other.
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Amblyopia
Reduction or dimness of vision usually in one eye, with no apparent pathological condition
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Ambly-
Dull
| Dim
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Another name for lazy eye
Amblyopia
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Heter-
Different
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Heteropsia
Inequality of vision in the two eyes
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Instrument for examining the interior of the eye, especially the retina
Ophthalmoscope
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Within the eyeball
Intraocular
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Another name for corneal transplant
Keratoplasty
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Paralysis of the sphincter of the iris
Iridoplegia
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Excessive secretion of tears
Dacryorrhea
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Secretion and discharge of tears
Lacrimation
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Farsightedness means
The lens focuses the visual image beyond the retina making it hard to see things close up.
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Another name for farsightedness
Hyperopia
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Nearsighted means
If the eyeball is too long, the visual image falls in front of the retina, causing difficultly seeing objects far away
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Another name for nearsightedness
Myopia
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A normal eye
Emmetropia
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Pain in the tear gland
Dacryadenalgia
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Narrowing or stricture of the Eustachian tube
Salpingostenosis
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The inner ear is called
Labyrinth
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A hereditary condition of unknown cause in which irregular ossification occurs in the ossicles of the middle ear causing hearing loss
Otosclerosis
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Color blindness
Achromatopsia
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Stigmat
Point
| Mark
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Eso-
Inward
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Strabismus in which there is deviation of the visual axis of one eye toward that of the other eye, resulting in diplopia
Esotropia
Cross eye
Convergent strabismus
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Benign tumor that develops from the eigth cranial nerve and grows within the auditory canal
Acoustic neuroma
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Impairment of hearing that resulted from aging process
Presbycusis
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Test to measure increased Intraocular pressure to detect glaucoma
Tonometry
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Test that measures hearing acuity at various sound frequencies
Audiometery
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Excision of a portion of the iris used to relieve Intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma
Iridectomy
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Blepharo
Eyelid
