| Ocular vocabulary |
acuity |
detail or sharpness |
blepharospasm |
squinting |
buphthalmos |
enlarged eye |
chemosis |
swollen eye |
conjunctival hyperemia |
red eye |
hyphema |
blood in the eye’s anterior chamber |
intraocular aqueous humor |
the fluid in the eye |
keratitis |
inflammation of the cornea |
lacrimation |
making increased tears |
menace response |
automatic blinking and moving away from a threatening object |
miotic pupil |
small pupil |
mydriasis |
large or dilated pupil |
myopia |
nearsighted – able to see up close but not far away |
nasolacrimal duct |
tear duct that drains tears from the eye down through the sinuses and out the nose |
nictitating membrane |
third eyelid – the thin, flexible tissue under the eyelids on the inner corner that slips diagonally up over the eye to protect it from debris. When it is swollen, some call it a cherry eye. |
ocular, ophthalmic, optic |
relating to the eye |
photophobia |
avoids light |
presbyopia |
farsightedness – able to see far way but not up close |
proptosis |
eyeball prolapse |
uveitis |
inflammation of structures in the eye |
