HPHY Term List 13

acous/o

hearing

audi/o

hearing

audit/o

hearing

blephar/o

eyelid

choroid/o

choroid

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cor/o

pupil

core/o

pupil

corne/o

cornea

dacry/o

tear, lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

dipl/o

double

irid/o

iris

kerat/o

horny tissue, hard, cornea

lacrim/o

tear, lacrimal apparatus (duct, sac, or gland)

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

ocul/o

eye

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

eye, vision

ot/o

ear

pupil/o

pupil

retin/o

retina

salping/o

tube (usually uterine [fallopian], or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

tympan/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

-acusis

hearing

-cusis

hearing

-opia

vision

-opsia

vision

-ptosis

prolapse, downward displacement

exo-

outside, outward

Achromatopsia

vision without/no color (color blindness)

Anisocoria

condition of unequal/dissimilar pupils

Astigmatism

condition of without/no point/mark (refractive disorder)

Audiometry

act of measuring hearing

Blepharospasm

involuntary contraction/twitching of the eyelid

Cerumen

earwax

Conjunctivitis

inflammation of the conjunctiva

Coreometer

instrument for measuring the pupil

Dacryorrhea

discharge/flow of tears

Diplopia

double vision

Esotropia

turning inward (muscular eye disorder where eye deviates towards other eye)

Exotropia

turning outward (muscular eye disorder where eye deviates away from other eye)

Hyperopia

vision excessive/above normal (farsightedness)

Iridotomy

incision of the iris

Keratoplasty

surgical repair of the cornea

Lacrimation

process of tears (crying)

Myringoplasty

surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Myringotomy

surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Nystagmus

rapid involuntary eye movements

Ophthalmoscope

instrument for examining the eye

Otorrhea

discharge/flow from the ear

Otosclerosis

abnormal condition of ear hardening (abnormal inner ear bone growth)

Otoscopy

visual examination of the ear

Presbycusis

hearing old age (natural hearing loss occurring with age)

Retinopathy

disease of the retina

Strabismus

muscular eye disorder leading to deviation of the eyes

Tinnitus

ringing in the ears

Tonometry

act of measuring tension (test measuring pressure in the eye)

Tympanoplasty

surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum)