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41 Cards in this Set
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ambly/o
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dullness, dimness, blunt
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aque/o
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water
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belphar/o
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eyelid
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cor/o, core/o
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pupil
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cycl/o
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1. circle, cycle
2. ciliary body |
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dacry/o
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tears, lacrimal sac or duct
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dipl/o
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double, twofold
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glauc/o
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gray
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icter/o
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icterus, jaundice
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irid/o
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iris
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kerat/o
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cornea
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lacrim/o
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tears (L. tear)
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ocul/o
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the eye, ocular
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ophthalm/o
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relationship to the eye
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op/o
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1. the face; an eye
2. juice, balm |
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optic/o
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optical, ptic, ocular (vision)
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palpebr/o
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eyelid
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papill/o
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1. nipple-like
2. optic disk |
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phac/o
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lens-shaped, relating to a lens
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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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pter/o, pteryg/o
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1. wing or feather
2. wing-shaped, usually relating to the pterygoid process |
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pupill/o
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pupils
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retin/o
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retina
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scler/o
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1. hardness (induration)
2. relationship to sclera |
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scot/o
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darkness
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typhl/o
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1. cecum
2. blindness |
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vitr/o, vitre/o
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vitreous (L. glassy)
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ambly/o - opia
amblyopia |
dullness, dimness - vision
poor vision caused by abnormal development of visual areas of the brain in response to abnormal visual stimulation during early development |
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an - icter/o - ic
anicteric |
without - icterus - pertaining to, relating to
not relating to or marked by jaundice |
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core/o - plasty
coreoplasty |
pupil - forming, plastic repair
the procedure to correct a misshapen, miotic, or occluded pupil |
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hemi - an - opsia
hemianopsia |
half - not, without, less - vision
loss of vision for one half of the visual field of one or both eyes |
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hem/o - ophthalm/o - ia
hemophthalmia |
blood - eyes - pertaining to, relating to
a blood-filled eye |
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hyper - tropia
hypertropia |
excessive, above normal - turning
an ocular deviation with one eye higher than the other |
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irid/o - malacia
iridomalacia |
iris - softening
degenerative softening of the iris |
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kerat/o - plasty
keratoplasty |
cornea - forming, plastic repair
any surgical modification of the cornea; the removal of a portion of the cornea containing an opacity and teh insertion in its place of a piece of cornea of the same size and shape removed from elsewhere |
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phot/o - phobia
photophobia |
light - abnormal fear and/or aversion
morbid dread and avoidance of light |
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retin/o - blast/o - oma
retinoblastoma |
retina - the process of budding and formation of buds by cells or tissue - tumor, neoplasm
malignant ocular neoplasm of childhood, with onset usually before the third year of life |
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xanth/o - chromat/o ic
xanthochromatic |
yellow - color - pertaining to, relating to
yellow-colored |
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xer/o - ophthalm/o - ia
xerophthalmia |
dry - eyes - condition
excessive dryness of the conjuctiva and cornea, which lose their luster and become keritinized |
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tars/o
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tarsus (the fibrous plates giving solidity and form to the edges of the eyelids)
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