eyes and ears medical terminology

Question 1

amblyopia

Answer 1

The partial loss of sight without detectable disease

of the eye

Question 2

Ménière’s syndrome

Answer 2

An inner ear disease characterized by dizziness,

fluctuating hearing loss, and tinnitus

Question 3

Inflammation of the middle ear

Answer 3

otitis media

Question 4

ametropia

Answer 4

A refraction error in which only objects located a

finite distance from the eye focus on the retina

Question 5

Involuntary, constant, rhythmic movement of the

eyeball

Answer 5

nystagmus

Question 6

A fungal infection of the external auditory canal

Answer 6

otomycosis

Question 7

Progressive hearing loss associated with aging

Answer 7

presbycusis

Question 8

otosclerosis

Answer 8

Abnormal hardening of the bones of the

middle ear

Question 9

strabismus

Answer 9

A disorder in which the eyes cannot be directed in

a parallel manner toward the same object

Question 10

ringing in the ears

Answer 10

tinnitus

Question 11

vertigo

Answer 11

A sense of whirling, dizziness, and the loss of

balance

Question 12

Drooping of the upper eyelid

Answer 12

blepharoptosis

Question 13

otorrhagia

Answer 13

bleeding from the ear

Question 14

the flow of pus from the ear

Answer 14

otopyorrhea

Question 15

conjunctivoplasty

Answer 15

Surgical repair of the conjunctiva