Myopia - ✅✅ -shut / vision condition
nearsightedness
NOTE: The my root in this word is not from myo (muscle); instead, it's from another
word that means to shut that is related to the word at the root of mystery—from
something that is hidden from view until it is revealed.
Presbyopia - ✅✅-old age / vision condition
decreased vision caused by old age
Scotopia - ✅✅ -darkness / vision condition
adjustment of the eye to seeing in darkness
Blepharospasm - ✅✅ -eyelid / paralysis
paralysis of the eyelid
Astigmatism - ✅✅ -no / point / condition
vision problem caused by the fact that light rays entering the eye aren't focused on a
single point in the back of the eye
Miosis -✅✅-abnormal contraction of the pupil
Mydriasis - ✅✅-abnormal dilation of pupil
Presbycusis - ✅✅ -old age / hearing condition
loss of hearing in old age
NOTE: The a in acusis was swallowed up by the y at the end of presby. The word is
sometimes written as presbyacusis, but that's a lot harder to pronounce.
Otalgia - ✅✅-ear / pain
ear pain
Otodynia - ✅✅-ear / pain
ear pain
Ottorrhea - ✅✅ -ear / excessive discharge
discharge from the ear
Tinnitus -✅✅-ringing in the ears
Vertigo - ✅✅-sensation of moving through space (while stationary)
Opthalmoscope - ✅✅-eye / instrument for looking
instrument for looking at the eye
Tonometer - ✅✅ -tension / instrument for measuring
instrument for measuring tension or pressure in the eye (intraocular pressure)
Binocular - ✅✅ -two / eye / pertaining to
pertaining to both eyes
Nasolacrimal - ✅✅ -nose / tear / pertaining to
pertaining to the nose and tear system
Ophthalmic - ✅✅ -eye / pertaining to
pertaining to the eye
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