Suffixes | Combining Forms | Medical Terms | Eye and Ear Pathology | Miscellanous |
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What is -edema
swelling
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What is blephar/o?
eyelid
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What is an Optician?
An _____ is a health care practitioner who designs, fits, and dispenses lenses for vision correction.
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What is conjunctivitis?
Commonly known as pinkeye
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What is photophobia?
Excessive sensitivity to light is known as
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What is -ion
condition
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What is irid/o
iris, colored part of the eye
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What is diplopia
double vision
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What is Otalgia
Known as an earache
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What is Ptosis?
Drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis
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What is -ia, -sis,-ago,-esis,--iasis
abnormal condition
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What is kerat/o?
cornea, hard
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What is esotropia?
cross eyes
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What is Cerumen?
Known as earwax
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What is Stapedectomy?
The surgical removal of part of the stapes and its replacement with a prosthetic piston.
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What is -cusis
hearing
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What is ophthalm/o or opt/o?
eye or vision
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What is entropion?
turning inward of the eyelid edge
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What is a Dacryoadenitis?
Inflammation of the lacrimal gland and can be bacterial, viral, or fungal infection
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What is Vertigo?
whirling. dizziness, loss of balance
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What is -opia
vision condition
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What is scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
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What is ectropin?
turning outward of the eyelid edge
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What is Sensorineural?
hearing loss develops when the auditory nerve or hair cells in the inner ear are damaged.
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What is retinopexy
This procedure uses a laser to reattach a retinal detachment
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