Med Term Ch 13 part 1

The Eye

ambly/o

dull/dim

aqeu/o

water

blast/o

immature

blephar/o

eyelid

chromat/o

color

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

corne/o

cornea

cor/o, pupill/o

pupil

cycl/o

ciliary body

dacry/o

tears

dipl/o

double

emmetr/o

correct, proper

glauc/o

gray

ir/o, irid/o

iris

kerat/o

cornea

lacrim/o

tears

macul/o

macula lutea

mi/o

lessening

mydr/i

widening

nyctal/o

night

ocul/o, ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o, optic/o

eye, vision

papill/o

optic disk

phac/o

lens

phot/o

light

presby/o

old age

pupill/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

scler/o

sclera

stigmat/o

point

uve/o

vascular

vitre/o

glassy

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

-ician

specialist, S

-metrist

one who measures, S

-opia, -opsia

vision condition, S

-phobia

fear, S

-tropia

turned condition, S

aniso-

unequal, P

eso-

inward, P

exo-

outward, P

myo-

to shut, P

conjunctival

pertaining to the conjunctiva

corneal

pertaining to the cornea

extraocular

pertaining to outside the eye

intraocular

pertaining to within the eye

iridal

pertaining to the iris

lacrimal

pertaining to the tears

macular

pertaining to the macula lutea

ocular

pertaining to the eye

ophthalmic

pertaining to the eye

optic

pertaining to the eye, vision

optical

pertaining to the eye, vision

pupillary

pertaining to the pupil

retinal

pertaining to the retina

scleral

pertaining to the sclera

uveal

pertaining to vascular

anisocoria (anis/o, cor/o, -ia)

condition of having unequal pupils

blepharoptosis

drooping eyelid

cycloplegia

paralysis of the ciliary body

diplopia

double vision

emmetropia

state of normal vision

iridoplegia

paralysis of the iris

nyctalopia

night/dim lighting blindness

ophthalmalgia

eye pain

ophthalmoplegia

paralysis of extraocular eye muscles

ophthalmorrhagia

abnormal blood flow from the eye

papilledema

swelling of optic disk

photophobia

strong sensitivity to bright light

presbyopia

expected changes in vision due to normal aging

scleromalacia

softening of sclera

xeropthalmia

condition of dry eyes

achromatopsia

total color blindness; congenital

amblyopia

loss of vision not as a result of disease, lazy eye (dull/dim vision)

astigmatism

light rays focused on unevenly on retina due to abnormal curve of cornea

glaucoma

increase in intraocular pressure, leads to atrophy of optic nerve and blindness

hyperopia

farsightedness

iritis

inflammation of iris

keratitis

inflammation of cornea

macular degeneration

deterioration of macular area

monochromatism

inability to perceive one color

myopia

nearsightedness

oculomycosis

fungal infection of the eye

retinitis pigmentosa

retina becomes hard, pigmented, and atrophied

retinoblastoma

malignant eye tumor occurring in children

retinopathy

general term for disease affecting retina

scleritis

inflammation of the sclera

uveitis

inflammation of the choroid layer of the eye

conjunctivitis

inflammation of conjunctiva, pink eye

blepharitis

inflammation of the eyelid

dacryoadenitis

inflammation of lacrimal gland

dacryocystitis

inflammation of the lacrimal sac

esotropia

inward turning of the eye

exotropia

outward turning of the eye

hemianopia

loss of vision in half of the visual field

keratometry

process of measuring the curvature of the cornea

ophthalmoscopy

examining the interior of the eye using ophthalmoscope

optometer

instrument to measure how well the eye focuses on images on retina

blepharectomy

surgical removal of all of part of eyelid