Medical Terminology Ch. 15

Front 1

adjustment of the eye for various distances so that the image falls on the retina of the eye

Back 1

accomodation

Front 2

clearness or sharpness of a sensory function

Back 2

acuity

Front 3

tissues or structures in the body adjacent to or near a related structure

Back 3

adnexa

Front 4

to join or connect together loosely to allow motion between the parts

Back 4

articulate

Front 5

sense and act of tasting foods, beverages, or other substances

Back 5

gustation

Front 6

any fluid or semifluid of the body

Back 6

humor

Front 7

series of intricate communicating passages

Back 7

labyrinth

Front 8

the act and sense of smelling

Back 8

olfaction

Front 9

any small bone, especially one of the three bones of the ear

Back 9

ossicle

Front 10

light-sensitive pigment in the retinal cones and rods that absorbs light and initiates the visual process; also called visual pigment

Back 10

photopigment

Front 11

microscope with a specialized light that allows magnification of the eye structures-especially the lens, cornea, and iris-and, with additional attachments, the vitreous humor and retina

Back 11

slit lamp

Front 12

a layer or coat of tissue; also called the membrane layer

Back 12

tunic

Front 13

dull, dim

Back 13

ambly/o

Front 14

water

Back 14

aque/o

Front 15

eyelid

Back 15

blephar/o

Front 16

choroid

Back 16

choroid/o

Front 17

core/o

Back 17

pupil

Front 18

pupill/o

Back 18

pupil

Front 19

conjunctiva

Back 19

conjunctiv/o

Front 20

cornea

Back 20

corne/o

Front 21

horny tissue; hard; cornea

Back 21

kerat/o

Front 22

ciliary body of eye; circular, cycle

Back 22

cycl/o

Front 23

dacry/o

Back 23

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

Front 24

lacrim/o

Back 24

tear; lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

Front 25

gray

Back 25

glauc/o

Front 26

angle

Back 26

goni/o

Front 27

iris

Back 27

irid/o

Front 28

ocul/o

Back 28

eye

Front 29

ophthalm/o

Back 29

eye

Front 30

opt/o

Back 30

eye, vision

Front 31

optic/o

Back 31

eye, vision

Front 32

lens

Back 32

phac/o

Front 33

light

Back 33

phot/o

Front 34

old age

Back 34

presby/o

Front 35

retina

Back 35

retin/o

Front 36

hardening; sclera (white of eye)

Back 36

scler/o

Front 37

darkness

Back 37

scot/o

Front 38

vitreous body (of eye)

Back 38

vitr/o

Front 39

hearing

Back 39

audi/o

Front 40

aur/o

Back 40

ear

Front 41

ot/o

Back 41

ear

Front 42

labyrinth (innter ear)

Back 42

labyrinth/o

Front 43

mastoid process

Back 43

mastoid/o

Front 44

tubes (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

Back 44

salping/o

Front 45

stapes

Back 45

staped/o

Front 46

myring/o

Back 46

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Front 47

tympan/o

Back 47

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Front 48

opia

Back 48

vision

Front 49

opsia

Back 49

vision

Front 50

turning

Back 50

tropia

Front 51

acusia

Back 51

hearing

Front 52

cusis

Back 52

hearing

Front 53

outside, outward

Back 53

exo

Front 54

excessive, above normal

Back 54

hyper

Front 55

paralysis of the eye

Back 55

ophthalmoplegia

Front 56

study of the eye

Back 56

opthalmology

Front 57

examination of the pupil

Back 57

pupilloscopy

Front 58

softening of the cornea

Back 58

keratomalacia

Front 59

instrument for measuring the cornea

Back 59

keratometer

Front 60

inflammation of the sclera

Back 60

scleritis

Front 61

softening of the sclera

Back 61

scleromalacia

Front 62

paralysis of the iris

Back 62

iridoplegia

Front 63

herniation of the iris

Back 63

iridocele

Front 64

disease of the retina

Back 64

retinopathy

Front 65

inflammation of the retina

Back 65

retinitis

Front 66

paralysis of the eyelid

Back 66

blepharoplegia

Front 67

prolapse of the eyelid

Back 67

blepharoptosis

Front 68

flow of pus from the ear

Back 68

otopyorrhea

Front 69

instrument for measuring hearing

Back 69

audiometer

Front 70

instrument for cutting the eardrum

Back 70

myringotome

Front 71

dim or dull vision

Back 71

amblyopia

Front 72

excessive (far-sighted) vision

Back 72

hyperopia

Front 73

without hearing

Back 73

anacusis

Front 74

excessive (sensitivity to) hearing

Back 74

hyperacusis

Front 75

removal of stapes

Back 75

stapedectomy

Front 76

incision of the labyrinth

Back 76

labyrinthotomy

Front 77

removal of the mastoid process

Back 77

mastoidectomy

Front 78

surgical repair of the eardrum

Back 78

myringoplasty

Front 79

incision of the cornea

Back 79

keratotomy

Front 80

opacity that forms on the lens and impairs vision

Back 80

cataract

Front 81

complete color blindness

Back 81

achromatopsia

Front 82

inability to see well in dim light

Back 82

nyctalopia

Front 83

examination that determines the angle where the cornea meets the iris

Back 83

gonioscopy

Front 84

deafness

Back 84

anacusis

Front 85

infection of the external auditory canal

Back 85

otitis externa

Front 86

measurement of refractive errors

Back 86

diopter

Front 87

instrument that measures the internal pressure of the eye

Back 87

tonometer

Front 88

area in which objects are seen when the eye is in a fixed position

Back 88

visual field

Front 89

abnormal overflow of tears

Back 89

epiphora

Front 90

a condition in which one eye is misaligned with the other eye; also called heterotropia

Back 90

strabismus

Front 91

disorder of the labyrinth that leads to progressive hearing loss

Back 91

Meniere disease

Front 92

refers to the wet form of macular degeneration

Back 92

neovascular

Front 93

feeling of dizziness or spinning

Back 93

vertigo

Front 94

outward deviation of the eye

Back 94

exotropia

Front 95

removal of the eye

Back 95

enucleation

Front 96

tumor of the eyelid

Back 96

chalazion

Front 97

"lazy-eye" syndrome

Back 97

amblyopia

Front 98

neoplastic disease of the eye found primarily in children

Back 98

retinoblastoma

Front 99

perception of ringing in the ears with no external stimuli

Back 99

tinnitus