Terminology
What is blepharitis?
Inflammation of the eyelid
-ory
pertaining to
Tinnitus
Instrument used to measure the eye, specifically the cornea
Ophthalmometer
Taste and smell
Chemoreceptors
retin/o
Retina
Feeling of dizziness, loss of balance, and lightheadedness
Vertigo
Three small bones in the middle ear
Malleus, incus, stapes
Surgical creation of an opening through the eardrum to promote drainage and/or allow the introduction of artificial tubes
Tympanostomy
aur/o, auricule/o, ot/o
ear
Progressive difficulty in focusing on close objects as a person ages
Presbyopia
Reduced vision in one eye, not correctible by glasses but by wearing eye patch
Strabismus
Anosmia
salping/o
eustachian tube
Loss of central vision and eventual blindness
Macular degeneration
Procedure that uses fluorescien to examine movement of blood through blood vessels in the eye
Fluorescein angiography
Hyperosmia
noc/i
cause harm, injury, or pain
Spontaneous episodes of dizziness, ringing in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and a feeling of pressure in the ear
Meniere disease
Accommodation reflux