Sensory Medical Terms

Front 1

Swelling of the eyelid

Back 1

Blepharitis

Front 2

Drying of the eye surfaces

Back 2

Xerophthalmia

Front 3

Inflammation of the sclera

Back 3

Scleritis

Front 4

Surgical removal of portion of the tissue in the iris

Back 4

Iridectomy

Front 5

Use of air pressure in the air canal for diagnostic testing of middle ear disorders

Back 5

Tympanometry

Front 6

Surgical removal of the labyrinth

Back 6

Labyrinthectomy

Front 7

Going cross-eyed

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Convergence

Front 8

Process of eyes making adjustments as narrowing and widening of the pupil

Back 8

Accommodation

Front 9

Loss of transparency of the lens of the eye

Back 9

Cataract

Front 10

Group of diseases; increased intraocular pressure

Back 10

Glaucoma

Front 11

The three layers of the eyeball

Back 11

Scalera choroid and retina

Front 12

Duct in the Corner of the eye

Back 12

Lacrimal duct

Front 13

Sacs in the eye the tears empty into

Back 13

Lacrimal sacs

Front 14

The canal that the tears overflow out of when crying

Back 14

Lacrimal canals

Front 15

Outside of the eye

Back 15

Extraocular

Front 16

Inside the eye

Back 16

Intraocular

Front 17

Progressive degeneration of the retina; affects night and peripheral vision.

Back 17

Retinitis pigmentosa

Front 18

Dilation of the pupil

Back 18

Mydriasis

Front 19

Sense of whirling, dizziness, and loss of balance

Back 19

Vertigo

Front 20

Condition of ringing sound in the ear

Back 20

Tinnitus

Front 21

Surgical correction of the middle ear

Back 21

Tympanoplasty

Front 22

When Sound waves are prevented from passing of air to the fluid filled inner-ear; can be earwax or infection.

Back 22

Conductive hearing loss

Front 23

Develops when the auditory nerve or hair cells in the inner ear are damaged

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Sensorineural hearing loss

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Gradual sensorineural hearing loss

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Presbycusis

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Physician that provides primary Eye care

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Optometrist

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Physician that designs fits and dispenses lenses for visual correction

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Optician

Front 27

Radiographic study of blood vessels in the retina with intravenous injection of fluorescent dye contrast medium.

Back 27

Fluorescent angiography

Front 28

Visual examination of fundus of the eye with ophthalmoscope

Back 28

Ophthalmoscopy

Front 29

Swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve through the optic disc

Back 29

Papilledema

Front 30

Small surgical incision in the eardrum to relieve pressure from too much pus

Back 30

Myringotomy

Front 31

Measurement of intraocular pressure

Back 31

Tonometry

Front 32

Inflammation of the cornea

Back 32

Keratitis

Front 33

Nodule or cyst in the upper eyelid

Back 33

Chalazion

Front 34

Contagious inflammation with blisters on the eardrum

Back 34

Infectious myringitis

Front 35

Surgical removal of the stapes bone

Back 35

Stapedectomy

Front 36

Disorder when eyes point in different directions

Back 36

Strabismus

Front 37

Removal of the vitreous humor

Back 37

Vitrectomy

Front 38

Abnormal condition where Pupils are unequal sizes

Back 38

Anisocoria

Front 39

Fungal infection of auditory canal

Back 39

Otomycosis

Front 40

Flow of pus from the ear

Back 40

Otopyorrhea

Front 41

Ankylosis of the bones in the middle ear causing conductive hearing loss

Back 41

Otosclerosis