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 |