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87 Cards in this Set
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ambly
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dull, dim
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aque
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water
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blephar
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eyelid
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conjuctiv
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conjunctiva
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core
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pupil
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corne
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cornea
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cycl
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ciliary muscle
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dacry
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tear, duct
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dipl
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double
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glauc
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gray
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ir
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iris
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irid
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iris
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kerat
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cornea
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lacrim
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tears
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ocul
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eyes
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ophthalm
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eye
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opt
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eye,vision
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optic
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eye
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papill
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optic disk
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phac
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lens
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phot
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light
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presby
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old age
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pupill
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pupil
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retin
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retina
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scler
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sclera
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uve
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vascular
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vitre
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glassy
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chalasis
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relaxation
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opia
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vision
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tropia
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to turn
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accomodation
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ability of eye to adjust to various dista
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convergence
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moving inward of the eyes to see and object close to the face
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ectropion
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eversion of eyelid
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emmetropia
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normal vision
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entropion
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inversion of eyelid
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estropia
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inward turning of eye
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exophthalmos
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abnorm. protrusion of the eyeball
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exotropia
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outward turning of eye
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nyctalopia
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difficulty seeing in the dim light
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optician
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specialist in grinding corrective lenses
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papilledema
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swelling of optic disk
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photophobia
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strong sensitivity to bright light
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presbyopia
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visual loss due to old age
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refraction
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eye exam. performed to determine and correct refractive errors
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refractive
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ability of eye to accurately focus the image that is hitting it
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achromatopsia
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cond. of color blindness
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amblyopia
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loss of vision not due to eye pathology
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astigmatism
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cond. which light rays are focused unevenly on the retina
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blepharochalasis
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upper eyelid increases in size due to loss of elasticity
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cataract
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damage to the lens causing it to become opaque or cloudy
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chalazion
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sm hard tumor or mass developing on the eyelids
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diabetic retinopathy
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small hemorrhages and edema in the they develop in the retina
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glaucoma
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increase in intraocular pressure may result in atrophy of the optic nerve and blindness
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hemianopia
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loss of vision in half the visual field
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hordeolum
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sty
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hyperopia
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see things in distance but has trouble reading at close range
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macular degeneration
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deterioration of the macular area in the retina of the eye
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monochromatism
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unable to perceive one color
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myopia
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see things up close but not in the distance
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nystagmus
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jerky-appering involuntary eye mvmt
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retinal detachment
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retina becomes separated from the choroid layer
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retinitis pigmentosa
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progressive disease of the eye that results in the retina becoming hard and pigmented and atrophying
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retinoblastoma
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malignant eye tumor that occurs in children
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strabismus
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eye musc. weakness resulting in the eye looking in different directions
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trachoma
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infectious disease of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by bacteria
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acous
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hearing
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audi
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hearing
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aur
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ear
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auricul
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ear
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cochle
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cochlea
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labyrinth
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labyrinth
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myring
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eardrum
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ot
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ear
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salping
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eustachian tube
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staped
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stapes
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tympan
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eardrum
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cusis
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hearing
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otia
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ear condition
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acoustic neuroma
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benign tumor of the 8th cranial nerve sheath
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anacusis
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total absence of hearing
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deafness
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inability to hear
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hearing impairment
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loss of hearing sufficient to interfere with a person's ability to communicate
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labyrinthitis
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inner ear infection
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Menieres
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abnormal cond w/in inner ear that leads to progrs. hearing loss
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otis externa
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external ear infection
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otis media
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commonly referred to as a mid ear infection
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otosclerosis
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loss of mobility of the stapes bone
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