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55 Cards in this Set
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hemi-
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half
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-opsia
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vision
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hemianopsia - loss of vision in the contralateral visual field.
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aque/o
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water
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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palpebr/o
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conjunctiv/o
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conjunctiva
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palpebr/o
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eyelid
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blephar/o
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anis/o
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unequal
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cor/o
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pupil
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pupill/o
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corne/o
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cornea
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kerat/o
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cycl/o
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ciliary body or muscle of the eye
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Structure on each side of the lens that connects the choroid & the iris; secretes aqueous humor.
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kerat/o
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cornea
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corne/o
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dacry/o
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tears, tear duct
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lacrim/o
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ir/o
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iris
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Colored portion of the eye around the pupil.
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lacrim/o
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tears
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lacrimal duct
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irid/o
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iris
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ir/o
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ocul/o
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eye
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intraocular
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ophthalm/o
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eye
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ocul/o
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opt/o
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eye, vision
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optic
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optic/o
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eye, vision
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opt/o
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papill/o
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optic disc; nipple-like
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The region at the back of the eye where the optic nerve meets the retina. The blind spot of the eye.
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phac/o
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lens of the eye
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A transparent, biconvex body behind the pupil of the eye. It bends light rays to bring them into focus on the retina.
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phak/o
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lens of the eye
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phac/o
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pupill/o
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pupil
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cor/o
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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sclera
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White of the eye.
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uve/o
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uvea; vascular layer of the eye (iris, ciliary body, and choroid)
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vitre/o
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glassy
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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dipl/o
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double
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diplopia - visual impairment in which an object is seen as two objects.
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glauc/o
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gray
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mi/o
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smaller, less
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miosis - contraction of the pupil.
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mydr/o
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widen, enlarge
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mydriatic
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nyct/o
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night
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nyctalopia - night blindness
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phot/o
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light
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photophobia - sensitivity to light.
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presby/o
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old age
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presbyopia - impairment of vision due to old age.
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scot/o
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darkness
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scotoma - blind spot
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xer/o
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dry
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-tropia
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to turn
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eso-
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inward
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acous/o
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hearing
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acoustic
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audi/o
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hearing, the sense of hearing
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audit/o
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hearing
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auditory
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aur/o
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ear
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auricul/o
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ear
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ot/o
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cochle/o
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cochlea
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mastoid/o
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mastoid process
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myring/o
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eardrum, tympanic membrane
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tympan/o
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ossicul/o
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ossicle
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ot/o
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ear
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aur/o, auricul/o
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salping/o
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eustachian tube, auditory tube (can also mean fallopian tube)
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staped/o
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stapes (3rd bone of the middle ear)
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ossicle
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
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myring/o
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vestibul/o
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vestibule
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The central cavity of the labyrinth, connecting the 3 semicircular canals and the cochlea.
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-otia
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ear condition
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macrotia - abnormally large ears
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-acusis or -cusis
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hearing
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hyperacusis - abnormal hearing sensitivity
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