Medical terminology chapter 6

Abbreviations

100

AU

Both ears

200

What is the right eye?

OD

300

HEENT

Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat

400

ARMD

Age related macular degeneration 

500

LASIK

Laser assisted situ-keratomiteusis

Subjective

100

What is eyelid paralysis?

Blepharoplegia 

200

The breakdown of earwax 

Cerumenolysis 

300

Inflammation of the auricle 

Otitis externa 

400

Pain in the tear gland

Dacryoadenalgia 

500

Akineyopsia 

Inability to see moving objects

Objective

100

Bloody tears

Dacryohemorrhea

200

Cycloplegia 

Paralysis of the ciliary body

300

Farsightedness 

Hyperopia 

400

Myopia

Nearsightedness

500

Inflammation of the middle ear 

Otitis media

Assessment

100

Hearing loss due to sound not getting to the inner ear 

Conductive hearing loss

200

Presbyopia 

Bad vision caused by old age

300

Fungal infection in the ear 

Otomycosis 

400

Condition of dry eyes

Xenophthalmia 

500

Abnormal curvature of the cornea 

Astigmatism 

Procedure

100

Blepharoplasty 

Surgical reconstruction of the eyelid

200

Removal of the tear gland

Dacryoadenectomy 

300

Auditory prosthesis 

A device that recreates the processing of sound in deaf people

400

Phacoemulsification 

A medical procedure used in cataract surgery by injecting fluid into the lens

500

The surgical removal of a mass without cutting into or dissecting it

Enucleation