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Blepharoplasty

Surgical repair to the eyelid

Blephar/o/plasty

Cryoretinopexy

Surgical fixation of the retina by using exreme cold

Cry/o/ retin/o/pexy

Dacryocystorhinostomy

Creation of an artificial opening between the lacrimal sac and nose

Dacry/o/cyst/o/rhin/o/stomy

Dacryocysotomy

Incision into the lacrimal sac

Darcy/o/cyst/o/tomy

Florescein angiography

Process of recording blood vessels of the eyeusing floresceing dye

Angi/o/graphy

Iridectomy

Excision of the iris

Irid/ectomy

Iridotomy

Incision of the iris

Irid/o/tomy

Keratometer

Instrument used to measure the curvature of the cornea for contact lenses

Kerat/o/meter

Keratoplasty

Surgical repair to the cornea

Kerat/o/plasty

Ophthalmoscopy

Visual examination of the eye

Ophthalm/o/scopy

Optometry

Measurement of vision

Opt/o/metry

Pupillometer

Instrument used to measure the diameter of the pupil

Pupill/o/meter

Pupilloscope

Instrument used for visual examination of the pupil

Pupill/o/scope

Retinoscopy

Visual examination of the retina

Retin/o/scopy

Sclerotomy

Incision into the sclera

Scler/o/tomy

Tonometer

Instrument used to measure the pressure within the eye to diagnose glaucoma

Ton/o/meter

Tonomerty

Measurement of the pressure in the eye

Ton/o/merty