Pathologies of the Eye

Question 1

presby/o

presbytarian

Answer 1

old age

Question 1

ambly/o

amblyopia

Answer 1

dull

Question 2

dipl/o

diplopia

Answer 2

double`

Question 3

deuter/o

deuteronomy, deuterism

Answer 3

second, secondary (* in vision, green blindness, i.e. secondary color *)

Question 4

prot/o

prototype

Answer 4

first, primary (* in vision, red blindness, i.e. primary color * )

Question 5

metr/o, -meter

ametropia, ophthalmometer

Answer 5

measure, measuring (* Meter - device for measure * )

Question 6

stigmat/o

astigmatism, stigmatical

Answer 6

spot, point, shame/disgrace

Question 7

phot/o

photophobia

Answer 7

light

Question 8

lumin/o

illuminate, transluminal

Answer 8

light, lumen (unit of light)

Question 9

scot/o

scotoma, scotiphobia

Answer 9

darkness

Question 10

nyct/o

nyctalopia, epinyctal

Answer 10

night

Question 11

noct/o

nocturnal

Answer 11

night

Question 12

trop/o, -tropia, -tropion

esotropia, entropion, geotropism

Answer 12

turning, change, stimulating (* Tropia - deviation of eyes from the visual axis; Tropion - turning the edge or margin, particularly of the eyelid)

Question 13

strabism/o

strabismi

Answer 13

strabismus (* disorder of the eye in respect to the optic axis)

Question 14

nystagm/o

nystagmograph

Answer 14

nystagmus (*disorder involving involuntary movement of the eye)

Question 15

schist/o, schiz/o, -schisis

retinoschisis, schistocoelia

Answer 15

split, cleft

Question 16

chalas/o, -chalasis

chalasia, arthrochalasia

Answer 16

loose, slack

Question 17

pteryg/o, pter/o, -pteryx

pterion, pterygium

Answer 17

wing, wing-like

Question 18

glauc/o

glaucoma

Answer 18

silver, gray, or bluish green

Question 19

cataract/o

cataractogenic

Answer 19

cataract

Question 20

mi/o, mei/o

miosis, meiosis, miocardia

Answer 20

less, smaller

Question 21

mydriat/o

mydriatic

Answer 21

enlargement of the pupil