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110 Cards in this Set
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ACCOMODATION
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ADJUSTMENT OF THE EYE FOR VARIOUS DISTANCES SO THE IMAGE FALLS ON THE RETINA
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ACUITY
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CLEARNESS OR SHARPNESS OF A SENSORY FUNCTION
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ADNEXA
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TISSUES OR STRUCTURES ADJACENT TO OR NEAR A RELATED STRUCTURE (ACCESSORY STRUCTURES)
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ARTICULATE
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JOIN OR LOOSELY CONNECT TOGETHER ALLOWING MOTION
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GUSTATION
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SENSE AND ACT OF TASTING
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HUMOR
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FLUID OR SEMIFLUID
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LABYRINTH
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SERIES OF INTRICATE COMMUNICATING PASSAGES
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OLFACTION
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THE ACT AND SENSE OF SMELLING
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OSSICLE
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ANY SMALL BONE, ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE THREE BONES OF THE EAR
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PHOTOPIGMENT
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LIGHT SENSITIVE PIGMENT IN THE RETINAL RODS AND CONES (VISUAL PIGMENT)
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SLIT LAMP
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MICROSCOPE W/LIGHT THAT ALLOWS MAGNIFICATION OF EYE STRUCTURES
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TUNIC
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A LAYER OR COAT OF TISSUE (MEMBRANE LAYER)
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AMBLY/O
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DULL, DIM
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AQUE/O
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WATER
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BLEPHAR/O
PALPEBR/O |
EYELID
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CHOROID/O
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CHOROID (PROVIDES BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE EYE)
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CORE/O
PUPILL/O |
PUPIL
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CONJUNCTIV/O
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CONJUNCTIVA
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CORNE/O
KERAT/O |
CORNEA
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CYCL/O
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CILIARY BODY OF EYE; CIRCULAR, CYCLE
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DACRY/O
LACRIM/O |
TEAR; LACRIMAL APPARATUS (DUCT, SAC, GLAND)
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DACRYOCYST/O
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LACRIMAL SAC
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GLAUC/O
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GRAY
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GONI/O
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ANGLE
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IRID/O
IR/O |
IRIS
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OCUL/O
OPHTHALM/O |
EYE
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OPT/O
OPTIC/O |
EYE, VISION
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PHAC/O
PHAK/O |
LENS
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PAPILL/O
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OPTIC DISK
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PHOT/O
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LIGHT
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PRESBY/O
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OLD AGE
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RETIN/O
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RETINA
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SCLER/O
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SCLERA (WHITE OF THE EYE); HARDENING
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SCOT/O
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DARKNESS
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VITR/O
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VITREOUS BODY (OF EYE)
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AUDI/O
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HEARING
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AUR/O
OT/O |
EAR
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LABYRINTH/O
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LABYRINTH (INNER EAR)
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MASTOID/O
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MASTOID PROCESS
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SALPING/O
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EUSTACHIAN TUBES OR FALLOPIAN TUBES
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STAPED/O
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STAPES (3RD BONE OF MIDDLE EAR OR STIRRUPS)
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MYRING/O
TYMPAN/O |
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE (EARDRUM) FOUND IN MIDDLE EAR
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-OPIA
-OPSIA |
VISION
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-TROPIA
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TURNING
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-ACUSI
-CUSIS |
HEARING
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EXO-
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OUTSIDE, OUTWARD
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HYPER-
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EXCESSIVE, ABOVE NORMAL
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ACHROMATOPSIA
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COMPLETE COLOR BLINDNESS
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CHALAZION
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TUMOR ON THE EYELID
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CONJUNCTIVITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA (PINK EYE)
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CONVERGENCE
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MEDIAL MOVEMENT OF BOTH EYES SO THEY ARE DIRECTED AT THE OBJECT BEING VIEWED
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DIOPTER
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MEASUREMENT OF REFRACTIVE ERROR IN EYES
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ECTROPION
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LOWER EYELID TURNS OUTWARD
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EMMETROPIA
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NORMAL CONDITION IN REFRACTION IN WHICH WHEN EYE IS AT REST, PARALLEL RAYS FOCUS EXACTLY OF THE RETINA
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ENTROPION
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LOWER EYELID TURNS INWARD
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EPIPHORA
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ABNORMAL OVERFLOW OF TEARS
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EXOPHTHALMOS
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PROTUSION OF ONE OR BOTH EYEBALLS
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HORDEOLUM
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STY
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METAMORPHOPSIA
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VISUAL DISTORTION OF OBJECTS
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NYCTALOPIA
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INABILITY TO SEE WELL IN DIM LIGHT
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NYSTAGMUS
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INVOLUNTARY JERKY EYE MOVEMENTS
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PAPILLEDEMA
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SWELLING OF OPTICAL DISK
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PHOTOPOBIA
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SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT
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PRESBYOPIA
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DECREASED ABILITY TO FOCUS AT CLOSE RANGE-DUE TO THE AGING PROCESS
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RETINOPATHY
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DISORDER OF THE RETINAL BLOOD VESSELS
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TRACHOMA
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CHRONIC, CONTAGIOUS FORM OF CONJUNCTIVITIS (PINK EYE)
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VISUAL FIELD
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AREA THAT OBJECTS ARE SEEN IN WHEN EYES ARE IN FIXED POSITION
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ANACUSIS
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DEAFNESS
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CONDUCTION IMPAIRMENT
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BLOCKING OF SOUND WAVES (EXTERNAL-MIDDLE EAR)
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LABYRINTHITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF INNER EAR
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MENIERE DISEASE
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DISORDER OF LABYRINTH THAT LEADS TO PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS
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OTITIS EXTERNA
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INFECTION OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL
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PRESBYACUSIS
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HEARING IMPAIRMENT DUE TO OLD AGE
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PRESSURE EQUALIZING (PE) TUBES
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TUBES INSERTED THROUGH THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE COMMONLY TO TREAT CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA
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TINNITUS
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RINGING IN THE EARS
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VERTIGO
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FEELING OF SPINNING OR DIZZINESS
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AUDIOMETRY
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MEASURMENT OF HEARING ACUITY
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CALORIC STIMULATION TEST
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USED TO ACCESS VESTIBULAR FUNCTION IN PTS WHO COMPLAIN OF DIZZINESS (USES DIFFERENT TEMP WATER)
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ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY
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A METHOD OF RECORDING THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLES
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OPHTHALMODYNAMOMETRY
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MEASURES BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE RETINAL VESSELS
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TONOMETRY
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USED TO DETECT GLAUCOMA - MEASURES EYEBALLS RESISTANCE TO INDENTATION WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED
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VISUAL ACUITY TEST
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PART OF EYE EXAM THAT DETERMINES SMALLEST LETTER THAT CAN BE READ ON EYE CHART
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GONIOSCOPY
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EXAMS THE ANGLE OF THE ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF THE EYE (USED TO DIAGNOSE AND MANAGE GLAUCOMA)
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OPHTHALMOSCOPY
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VISUAL EXAM OF THE INTERIOR OF THE EYE
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OTOSCOPY
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VISUAL EXAM OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL AND EARDRUM (TYMPANIC MEMBRANE)
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RETINOSCOPY
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EVALUATION OF REFRACTIVE ERRORS OF THE EYE BY PROJECTING LIGHT INTO THE EYES AND DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF REFLECTED LIGHT RAYS
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DACRYOCYSTOGRAPHY
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RADIOLOGIC EXAM OF THE TEAR GLANDS AND DUCTS
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FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY
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ASSESSES BLOOD VESSELS AND THEIR LEAKAGE IN AND BENEATH THE RETINA (COLORED DYE IS INJECTED)
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ORTHOPTIC TRAINING
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EXCERCISES INTENDED TO IMPROVE EYE MOVEMENTS
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BLEPHARECTOMY
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EXCISION OF LESION ON EYELID
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BLEPHAROPLASTY
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SURGERY THAT REMOVES BAGS ABOVE AND BELOW THE EYE
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COCHLEAR IMPLANT
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ARTIFICIAL HEARING DEVICE-ELECTRICALLY STIMULATES NERVES INSIDE THE INNER EAR
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CYCLODIALYSIS
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FORMS AN OPENING BETWEEN ANTERIOR CHAMBER AND SUPRACHOROIDAL SPACE ALLOWING AQUEOUS HUMOR TO DRAIN (TREATS GLAUCOMA)
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ENUCLEATION
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REMOVAL OF EYEBALL FROM ORBIT
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EVISCERATION
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REMOVAL OF CONTENTS OF EYE WHILE LEAVING SCLERA AND CORNEA
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KERATOTOMY
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INCISION OF THE CORNEA
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MASTOID ANTROTOMY
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SURGICAL OPENING OF A CAVITY WITHIN THE MASTOID PROCESS
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OTOPLASTY
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CORRECTIVE SURGERY TO FIX DEFORMED, TOO LARGE, OR TOO SMALL EARS
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PHACOEMULSIFICATION
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CATARACT TREATMENT-ULTRASONIC WAVES DISINTEGRATE THE CLOUDY LENS
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SCLEROSTOMY
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SURGICAL FORMATION OF AN OPENING IN THE SCLERA
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TYMPANOPLASTY
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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EARDRUM
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OPHTHALMIC ANTIBIOTICS
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INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF MICROORGANISMS THAT INFECT THE EYE
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MYDRIATICS
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DILATE THE PUPIL
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OPHTHALMIC DECONGESTANTS
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CONSTRICTS THE SMALL ARTERIOLES OF THE EYE DECREASING REDNESS (VISINE)
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OPHTHALMIC MOISTURIZERS
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SOOTH DRY EYES
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ANTIEMETICS
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TREAT NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIZZINESS AND VERTIGO
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OTIC ANALGESICS
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RELIEVES PAIN AND INFLAMMATION DUE TO EAR INFECTIONS, ETC...
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WAX EMULSIFIERS
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LOOSEN IMPACTED CERUMEN (EAR WAX)
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ST
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ESOTROPIA - MARKED TURNING INWARD OF THE EYES (CROSS EYED)
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XT
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EXOTROPIA - ABNORMAL TURNING OUTWARD OF ONE OR BOTH EYES
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