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The Ear
The Eye
Diagnostics
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World War II
100
Deafness
What is the loss of the ability to hear?
100
Biconvex lens
What lens corrects hyperopia?
100
Visual field test
What is the measurement of the entire scope of vision?
100
Enucleation
What is removal of the entire eyeball?
100
The largest movement of forces in history which involved around 4 million axis troops; Invasion of the Soviet Union
What is Operation Barbarossa?
200
Vertigo
What is dizziness?
200
Presbyopia
What is the impairment of vision from old age?
200
Visual acuity test
What is the clarity of one's vision being assessed?
200
LASIK
What is the use of an excimer laser to correct errors of refraction?
200
The largest airborne operation in history which had the goal of crossing the Rhine through the Netherlands and to end the war by Christmas '44
What is Operation Market Garden?
300
Otosclerosis
What is the hardening of the tissue in the middle ear?
300
Chalazion
What is a small, hard, cystic mass on the eyelid?
300
Slit lamp microscopy
What is the examination of anterior ocular structures under microscopic magnification?
300
Cochlear Implant
What is an insert in the inner ear which replaces a major inner ear organ?
300
Hitler's personal retreat in the Bavarian Alps
What is the Eagle's Nest?
400
Tinnitus
What is the sensation of ringing noises in the ear?
400
Hordeolum
What is a localized, purulent, inflammatory staphylococcal infection of the oil-producing gland in the eyelid?
400
Ophthalmoscopy
What is the visual examination of the interior eye?
400
Tympanostomy
What is the drainage of fluid in the middle ear?
400
The largest tank battle in the history of warfare
What is the Battle of Kursk?
500
Meniere's disease
What is the disorder of the inner ear with elevated pressure cochlea and semicircular canals?
500
Micro-aneurysms, hemorrhages, dilation of retinal veins, and neovascularization are the symptoms
What is diabetic retinopathy?
500
Fluorescein angiography
What is an intravenous injection of a dye followed by a serial photographs of the retina through dilated pupils?
500
Phacoemulsification
What are ultrasonic vibrations which break up the lens; the pieces are then aspirated through the ultrasonic probe?
500
Germany's last major offensive of World War II
What is the Battle of the Bulge/Ardennes Counteroffensive?