Chapter 11 Medical Terminology

Clue: an inflammation of the urea causing swelling and irritation ________ ________.

Clue: the removal of the vitreous humor and its replacement with a saline solution ________ ________.

Clue: the gradual loss of sensorineural hearing as the body ages ________ ________.

Commonly known as choked disk, ________ is swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve at the point of entrance into the eye through the optic disk.

The presence of what appear to be flashes of light is known as ________.

The term ________ describes any error of refraction in which images do not focus properly on the retina.

The ________ is the angle where the upper and lower eyelids meet.

The term ________ describes an accumulation of earwax that forms a solid mass by adhering to the walls of the external auditory canal.

________ is the term that means to repair the injured pinna of an ear.

When someone suffers from pressure-related ear discomfort. The medical term for this condition is ________.