chapter 13

  1. ARMD
    age-related macular degeneration
  2. ECCE
    extracapsular cataract extraction
  3. EM
    emmetropia (normal vision)
  4. blinking
    palperbration
  5. producing tears
    lacrimation
  6. conjunctiv/o
    conjunctiva
  7. blephar/o
    eyelid
  8. ocul/o
    eye
  9. sebaceous glands in the eyelids
    meibomian gland
  10. above eyes, produce tears to keep the eyes moist
    lacrimal gland
  11. corners of the eye
    canthus
  12. bony sockets
    orbits
  13. scler/o
    sclera
  14. cor/o
    pupil
  15. cycl/o
    cillary body
  16. border of the cornea, between it & the sclera
    limbus
  17. middle highly vascular layer of the eye
    uvea
  18. central vision in the retina
    macula lutea
  19. pink eye
    conjunctivitis
  20. inflammation of lacrimal gland
    dacrycyctitis
  21. winglike growth
    pterygium
  22. progressive loss of elasticity
    presbyopia
  23. yellowish non-cancer growth
    pinguecula
  24. white of the eye
    sclera
  25. turning outward of one or both eyes
    exotropia
  26. turning inward of the eyelid
    entropion
  27. turning inward of one or both eyes
    esotropia
  28. turning outward of the eyelid
    ectropion
  29. dull or dim vision, lazy eye
    amblyopia ex anapsia
  30. double vision
    diplopia
  31. nearsightedness
    myopia
  32. farsightedness
    hypermetropia
  33. protrusion of eyeball
    exopthalamos
  34. lack of coordination between the eyes, squint
    strabismus
  35. inflammation of the eyelid
    blepharitis
  36. infection of sebaceous gland of an eyelash, stye
    hordeolum
  37. overflow of tears
    epiphora
  38. inflammation of tear ducts
    lacrimal canaiculitis
  39. hardened swelling (meibomian cyst)
    chalazion
  40. dry eye
    xerophthalmia
  41. inability to see well in dim light
    nyctalopia
  42. papill/o
    optic disk
  43. excessive prolonged dilation of pupil
    mydriasis
  44. adhesion of the lens to cornea
    synechya
  45. no lens
    aphakia
  46. sensitive to light
    photophobia
  47. excessive and/or prolonged constriction of the pupil
    miosis
  48. blind spot
    scotoma
  49. bacterial infection within eyeball
    purulent endophthalmitis
  50. visual acuity
    snelling test
  51. unequally sized pupils
    anisocoria
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