Chapter 11 Special Sense of the Eye and Ear

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva (inner lining of the eyelids)

-itis

inflammation

corne/o, kerat/o

cornea (transparent outer portion of the eye)

lacrim/o

tear

nas/o

nose

duct/o

to lead

log/o, -logy

to study

ophthalm/o

eye

orbit/o

orbit (surrounding eye)

peri-

around

phot/o

light

-phobia, phob/o

fear

q4h

every 4 hours

anti-

against

bi/o

life

-ptosis

drooping

-plasty

surgical repair

con-

together

tamin/o

touch

-ation

process

-ulent

abounding in (a lot of)

pur/o

pus

ac-

toward

commodat/o

to adjust

ambly/o

dull

-opia

sight

eso-

inward

trop/p

turn

exo-

outward

ocul/o

eye

-metrist

skilled in measurement

opt/o

vision

-metry

process of measuring

-opsis

vision

stere/o

three dimensional

-ismus

take action

strab/o

squint

a-, an-

without

vascul/o

blood vessel

strict/o

to narrow

dilat/o

to dilate, open

presby/o

old man

pupill/o

pupil of the eye (looks black)

refract/o

to bend

retin/o

retina (inner layer of eye)

scler/o

hardness

central/o

center

optic/o

eye

recept/o

to receive

uve/o

uvea (middle coat of the eyeball)

LASIK

laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis

stigmat/o

focus

hyper-

beyond, excess

myop/o

to blink

radi/o

radius (of circle)

fluo-

florine

rescein/o

resin

-oma

mass or tumor

glauc/o

lens opacity (clouding of the lens)

intra-

inside

-orum

function of

neo-

new

nat/i

born

phac/o

lens

emulsific/o

to milk out

sensitiv/o

feeling

pollut/o

unclean

-graphy

process of recording

angi/o

blood vessel

-gram

a record of

surg/o

to operate

-scope

instrument used to examine

-scopy

to view, examine

coagul/o

clotting

-blast, blast/o

immature cell

-pathy

disease

OD

right eye

OS

left eye

OU

both eyes

fund/o

fundus (of eye)

peripher/o

external boundary

vis/o

sight

-meter

to measure

ton/o

pressure, tension

end-

inside

camer/o

chamber

vitr/o

glass

miot/o

a lessening

mydriat/o

to dilate, open

prosta/o

prostate gland

gland/o

a gland

trans-

across

plant/o

to plant