Roots
What is blephar/o?
The prefix denoting "old age"
What is Presby-
Otorrhea
What is discharge from the ear?
This specialist is abbreviated ENT
What is Ear, Nose, and Throat specialist?
The medical term for "pink eye".
What is Conjunctivitis?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable:
Keratalgia
What is KER-ah-TAL-jah?
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This root indicates the bony protrusion behind the ear
What is mastoid/o?
The 2 suffixes indicating "vision condition"
What are -opia & -opsia?
Lacrimation
What is the formation of tears or another word for crying?
AOM
What is Acute Otitis Media?
These drugs will break down earwax in the ears
What are ceruminolytics?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable:
Otoscope
What is OH-toh-skohp?
Double points to define
The 2 root forms for Iris
What are ir/o & irid/o?
The suffix indicating "fungal condition"
What is -mycosis?
Cerumen
What is Earwax?
The commonly used abbreviation for an otorhinolaryngologist.
What is ENT?
Double points for term for EENT
The medical term for the eardrum?
What is the tympanic membrane?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable:
Tinnitus
What is tin-AI-tus?
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The 2 roots for Lens
What are Phac/o & Phak/o?
The suffix indicating paralysis.
What is -plegia?
Opthalmoplegia
What is eye paralysis?
IOP
What is intraocular pressure?
The two roots representing the eardrum?
What are tympan/o and myring/o?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable:
Phacosclerosis
What is FAK-oh-skler-OH-sis?
Double points for translation
The 2 root forms for tears?
What are Lacrim/o & Dacry/o?
This suffix indicates "hearing condition"?
What is -acusis?
Presbyopia
What is vision loss related to old age?
These abbreviations are used to indicate: Right Ear; Left Ear; Both Ears
What are AD, AS, & AU?
The "O" in OD, OS, & OU
What is oculus?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable:
Nystagmus
What is nis-TAG-mus?
Double points to define.
This is the root form for ciliary body
What is cycl/o?
The suffix indicating "the creation of an opening"
What is -stomy?
Double points for term for creating opening in eardrum.
Otorhinosalpingitis
What is infection of the ear, nose, and eustachian tube?
PERRLA
What is pupils equal, round, respond to light and accommodation?
The medical term for "droopy eyelid"
What is blepharoptosis?
Pronounce the word and identify the stressed syllable: Dacryocystocentesis
What is DAY-cree-oh-SIS-toh-sen-TEE-sis?
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