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62 Cards in this Set

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Audi/o

To hear

Record of patient responses indicating his or her ability to hear

Audiogram

One who studies and specializes is hearing

Audiologist

Aur/i

Ear

Bi-

Life

Drooping of the eyelid

Blepharitiis

Surgical reduction of the upper and lower eyelids

Blepharoplasty

An operation designed to release on or more eyelid layers for diagnostics and/or therapeutic purpose

Blepharotomy

Cerebr/o

Cerebrum

Process of recording of the blood vessels of the cerebrum

Cerebral angiography

A benign tumor of the ceruminous glands of the external auditory canal

Ceruminoma

Cor/o

Pupil

Cry/o

Cold

Cerebrospinal fluid

CSF

Cerebrovascular accident

CVA

Double vision

Diplopia

Electroencephalogram

EEG

Eyes, ears, nose, and throat

EENT

Record of electrical activity of the brain

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Instrument used to record electrical activity of the brain

Electroencephalograph

Process of recording electrical activity of the brain

Electroencephalography

Encephal/o

Brain

Ear, nose, and throat

ENT

-ictal

Seizure, attack

Excision (of part) of the iris

Iridectomy

Incision of the iris

Iridotomy

Inflammation of the iris

Iritis

Kerat/o

Horn, cornea

Lacrim/o

Tear

Excision of the mastoid bone

Mastoidectomy

Incision into the mastoid bone

Mastoidotomy

Chronic disease of the inner ear

Meniere disease

A common slow growing and usually benign tumor of the meninges

Meningioma

Magnetic resonance imaging

MRI

Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane

Myringoplasty

Incision into the tympanic membrane

Myringotomy

Excision of a nerve

Neurectomy

Physician who specializes in treating conditions of the nervous system

Neurologist

Dissolution of a nerve

Neurolysis

Disease of a nerve

Neuropathy or peripheral

Surgical repair of a nerve

Neuroplasty

Incision into a nerve

Neurotomy

Om

Otitis media

Medical doctor who can perform eye examinations, eye surgery, prescribe medications, eyeglasses and contact lenses

Ophthalmologist

Instrument used to examine the interior of the eye

Ophthalmoscope

Visual examination of the eye

Opthalmoscopy

-opia

Vision (condition)

Opt/o

Pertaining to the eye

Measurement of vision

Optometry

Ot/o

Ear

Physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear

Otologist

Inflammation of the ear and the mastoid bone

Otomycosis

The surgical repair, restoration, or alteration of the pinna of the ear

Otoplasty

Discharge from the ear

Otorrhea

Visual examination of the ear

Otoscopy

Abnormal fear of (sensitive to) light

Photophobia

Post traumatic stress disorder

PTSD

Incision of the sclera

Sclerotomy

The surgical removal of the top portion of the stapes bone

Stapedectomy

Transient ischemic attack

TIA

The surgical correction of a damaged middle ear

Tympanoplasty

Scler/o

Sclera