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accommodation
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adjustment of the eye for varios distances so the image fails on the retina of the eye
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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 structure in the body adjacent to or near a related structure
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articulate
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to join or connect together loosely to allow motion between the parts
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gustation
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sense and act tasting food
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humor
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any fluid or semifluid of the body
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olfaction act of smelling
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ossicle any small bone, especially of the three bones of ear
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photopigment
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light sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorb light
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slit lamp
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microscope with a specialized light that allows magnification of the eye structures
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tunic
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a layer or coat of tissue
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sclera
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whites of the eye provides strength and shape
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cornea
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allows light to come into the eye
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conjuctiva
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covers the outer surface of the eye and lines the eyelid
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retina
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responsible for the reception and transmission of visual impulse to the brain
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optic nerve
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sense visual signal to the brain
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aqueous humor
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provides nourment for the lens and eye
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lacrinmal gland
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produces tears and eye lubicate
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lacrimal canal
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to the mucous membrane that lines the inside of nasal cavity
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ambly/o
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dull, dim
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amblyopia
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reduction or dimnewss of vision
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aque/o
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water
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aqueous
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pertaining to water
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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blepharoptosis
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drooping of the upper eyelid
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choriod/o
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choriod
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choroidopathy
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any disease of the choriod
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core/o
pupil/o |
pupil
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cerometer
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instrument for measuring the pupil
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pupilography
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process of recording the pupil
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conjuctiv/o
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conjuctiva
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conjuctival
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pertaining to the conjustiva
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corne/o
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cornea
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kerat/o
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horny (hard) cornea
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corneal
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pertaing to the cornea
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karatotomy
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incision of the cornea
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cyclo
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ciliary body of eye
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cycloplegia
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paralysis of the cillarty body
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dacry/o
lacrim/o |
tear, lacrimal appartus
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darcyoma
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tomor like swelling due to obstruction of the lacrimal ducts
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lacrimotome
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instrument used for incising the lacrimal sac or duct
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dacryocyst/o
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lacrimal sac
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darcrycystoptosis
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prolapse of the lactrimal sac
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glauc/o
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gray
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glaucoma
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increase intraocular pressure that destoyes the retina and optic nerve
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goni
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angle
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goniscopy
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examination of the angle and draainage area of eye
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irid
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iris
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iridoplegia
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paralysis of the sphinter of iris
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ocul/o
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eye
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oculomyeosis
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fungal infection of eye
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opthalmologist
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physician specializing in treating disorders of eye
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opt/o
optic/o |
eye, vision
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optokinetic
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pertaining to twithching of eye
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optical
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pertaining to vision
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phac/o
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lens
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phacocele
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displacement of the crystallime lens into the interior chamber of eye
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phot/o
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light
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photophobia
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intolerace to light
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prebsy/o
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old age
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presbyopia
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loss of lens do to old age
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retin/o
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retina
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retinosis
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any degeneration progess of the retinanot associated with harding
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schler/o
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harding
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scleromalacia
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softing of the sclera
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scot/o
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darkness
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sctomo
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island like blind spot in visual field
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vitro
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vitreous body of eye
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vitrectomy
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removal of the contents of the vitreous chamber of the eye
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audi/o
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hearing
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aur/o
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ear
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audiometer
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instrument used to measure hearing
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biaural
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pertaining to both ears
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otopyorrhea
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discharge of pus from ears
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labyrith/o
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labyrith iner ear
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labyrithotomy
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incision of the labyrinth
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mastoid
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mastoid process
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mastoidectomy
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removal of the mastoid process
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salping/o
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tubes
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salpinoscope
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instrument used to examine eustatian tubes
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stapedo
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stapes
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stapedectomy
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excision of the stapes to improve hearing
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myring/o
tympan/o |
tympathic membrane
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myringomyeosis
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inflammation of thypanic membrane as result of fungus
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tympanostomy
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forming opening in the tympathic membrane
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opia
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vision
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diplopia
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double vision
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tropia
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turning
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esotropia
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marked turning inward of eye
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acusia hearing
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hearing
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anacusia
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deafness
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exo
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outside
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exotopia
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abnormal turning outward of one or both eyes
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hyperopia
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farsighted
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achromatopsia
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servere congenical deficiency in color perception
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chalazion
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hard tumor of the eyelid
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diopter
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measurement of refection
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ectropion
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or outward turning, or the edge of lower eyelid
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emmetropia
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normal condition of the eye in refraction in which, when the eye is at rest, paralled rays focus exactly on the retina
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entropion
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inversion, or inward turning, of the edge of lower eyelid
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exophthalmos
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protrusion on one ore both eyeballs
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hordeolum
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inflammation swelling of one or several sebacecous glands of eyelid
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metamorphopsia
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visual distortion of object
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myetalpia
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inability to see well in dim light
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nystagmus
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involuntary movement that appears jerky and may reduce with increase3 ocular prussure resulting from intracranial pruessure
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presbyopia
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loss of accommodation of the crustaline lens associated with aging
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