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audi/o
- to hear
- ex. audioogy study of hearing disorders
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fenestrat
- window
- ex. fenestration: surgical operation in which a new opening is made in the labyrinth of the inner ear
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labyrinth/o
maze, inner ear
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mast/o
mastoid process, breast shaped
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myring/o & tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
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presby/o
- old
- ex. presbycusis: old hearing; imparimebnt of hearing that occurs with aging
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serum, clear fluid
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ENG
electronystagmography
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ENT
ear nose throat - otorhinolaryngology
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ocul/o & ophthalm/o & opt/o
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ambly/o
- dull
- ex. amblyopia: lazy eye; dullness of vision
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anis/o
- unequal
- ex. anisocoria: condition in which the pupils are unequal
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blephar/o
- eyelid
- ex. blepharoptosis: drooping of the upper eyelid
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-ptosis
prolapse; drooping
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conjunctiv/o
to join together
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dacry/o & lacrim/o
- tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
- ex. dacryoma: tumorlike swellling caused by obstruction of the tear ducts
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mi/o
- less, small
- ex. miotic: pertaining to an agent that cuases the pupil to contract
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mydriat
- dilation, widen
- ex. mydriatic: pertaining to an agent that causes the pupil to dilate
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rad/i
radiating out from a center
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xen/o
- foreign material
- ex. xenophthalmia: inflamed eye condtion caused by foreign material
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xer/o
- dry
- ex. xerophthalmia: eye condition in which the conjunctiva is dry
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HT
hyperopia (farsightedness)
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MY
myopia (nearsightedness like me!)
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Acc
accommodation - process by which the eye make adjustment to see objects at various objects
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EM
emmetropia: normal or perfect vision
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ST
esotrophia: condition in which the eye turn INWARD - crossed eyes
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XT
exotrophia; turning outward of one or both eyes
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