Word List 13

Question 1

acous/o

Answer 1

hearing

Question 2

audi/o

Answer 2

hearing

Question 3

audit/o

Answer 3

hearing

Question 4

blephar/o

Answer 4

eyelid

Question 5

choroid/o

Answer 5

choroid

Question 6

conjuctiv/o

Answer 6

conjunctiva

Question 7

cor/o
core/o

Answer 7

pupil

Question 8

corne/o

Answer 8

cornea

Question 9

dacry/o

Answer 9

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

Question 10

dipl/o

Answer 10

double

Question 11

irid/o

Answer 11

iris

Question 12

kerat/o

Answer 12

horny tissue, hard, cornea

Question 13

lacrim/o

Answer 13

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

Question 14

myring/o

Answer 14

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 15

ocul/o
ophthalm/o

Answer 15

eye

Question 16

opt/o

Answer 16

eye, vision

Question 17

ot/o

Answer 17

ear

Question 18

pupil/o

Answer 18

pupil

Question 19

retin/o

Answer 19

retina

Question 20

salping/o

Answer 20

tube

Question 21

tympan/o

Answer 21

tympanic membrane

Question 22

-acusis

Answer 22

hearing

Question 23

-cusis

Answer 23

hearing

Question 24

-opia
-opsia

Answer 24

vision

Question 25

-ptosis

Answer 25

prolapse, downward displacement

Question 26

achromatopsia

Answer 26

vision without color (color blindness)

Question 27

anisocoria

Answer 27

condition of unequal/dissimilar pupils

Question 28

astigmatism

Answer 28

condition of without point/mark (refractive disorder)

Question 29

audiometry

Answer 29

act of measuring hearing

Question 30

blepharospasm

Answer 30

involuntary contraction of eyelid

Question 31

cerumen

Answer 31

earwax

Question 32

conjuctivitis

Answer 32

inflammation of the conjunctiva

Question 33

coreometer

Answer 33

instrument for measuring the pupil

Question 34

dacryorrhea

Answer 34

discharge/flow of tears

Question 35

diplopia

Answer 35

double vision

Question 36

esotropia

Answer 36

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

Question 37

exotropia

Answer 37

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

Question 38

hyperopia

Answer 38

vision excessive/above normal (farsightedness)

Question 39

iridotomy

Answer 39

incision of iris

Question 40

keratoplasty

Answer 40

surgical repair of cornea

Question 41

lacrimation

Answer 41

process of tears (crying)

Question 42

myringoplasty
myringotomy

Answer 42

surgical repair of tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Question 43

nystagmus

Answer 43

rapid involuntary eye movements

Question 44

ophthalmoscope

Answer 44

instrument for examining the eye

Question 45

otorrhea

Answer 45

discharge/flow from the ear

Question 46

otosclerosis

Answer 46

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

Question 47

otoscopy

Answer 47

visual examination of the ear

Question 48

presbycusis

Answer 48

hearing old age (natural hearing loss with age)

Question 49

retinopathy

Answer 49

disease of the retina

Question 50

strabismus

Answer 50

muscular eye disorder leading to deviation of the eyes

Question 51

tinnitus

Answer 51

ringing in the ears

Question 52

tonometry

Answer 52

act of measuring tension (test measuring eye pressure)

Question 53

tympanoplasty

Answer 53

surgical repair of the tympanic membrane (eardrum)