| A | B |
|---|
| cerumen | ear wax |
| dizziness | feeling of unsteadiness |
| otic | pertaining to the ear |
| presbycusis | hearing loss associated with old age |
| tinnitus | ringing, buzzing, or roaring noise in ear |
| tympanic membrane | eardrum |
| vertigo | sensation that one's body or surroundings are rotating |
| astigmatism | uneven curvature of lens |
| conjunctivitis | inflammation of membrane lining eye lids and covering sclera |
| hyperopia | farsightedness |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| keratitis | imflammation of cornea |
| miotic | medication that causes pupil to constrict |
| mydriatic | medication that causes pupil to dilate |
| presbyopia | visual impairment associated with old age |
| refraction | bending of light rays |
| tonometry | measurement of intraocular pressure(IOP) |
| accomodation | lens changes shape to focus |
| aphakia | absence of lens |
| Blindness | inability to see |
| cones | retinal cells responsible for colored vision |
| diplopia | double vision |
| nystagmus | involuntary oscillation of eyeball |
| papilledma | swelling of optic disc due to increased intracranial pressure |
| photophobia | ocular pain on exposure to light |
| ptosis | drooping eyelid |
| vitreous | gelatinous material that fills eyeball behind lens |
| OD | right eye |
| OS | left eye |
| OU | both eyes |
| acute otitis media | infection of middle ear |
| conductive hearing loss | sound transmission to inner ear interrupted by obstruction or disease |
| labyrinthitis | inflammation of labyrinth of inner ear |
| Meniere's disease | inner ear condition characterized by tinnitus, vertigo, and hearing loss |
| myringotomy | incision into tympanic membrane |
| otosclerosis | abnomral spongy bone formation around stapes |
| sensioneural hearing loss | damage to end organ of hearing or 8th crainial nerve |
| malleus | hammer |
| incus | anvil |
| stapes | stirrup |
| cataract | opacity of lens |
| glaucoma | increase intraocular pressure |
