Medical Terminology Simplified

11–23 The suffix -opia is used in words to mean vision.

Erythr/opia is a condition in which objects that are not red appear to be

__________.

Xanth/opia is a condition in which objects that are not yellow appear to be

____________________.

11–24 Elements dipl- and dipl/omean double.Dipl/opia occurs when both eyes

are used but are not in focus.

A person with double vision has a condition called __________ / __________.

11–25 Dipl/opia can occur with brain tumors, strokes, head trauma, and

migraine headaches.

Write the word in this frame that means double vision.

__________ / __________

11–26 Two common vision defects are my/opia (nearsightedness) and

hyper/opia (farsightedness). See Figure 11–2 to compare a normal eye (emmetropia)

with my/opia and hyper/opia.

Write the element in this frame that means

excessive, above normal:____________________

vision:__________

muscle:__________ / _____

11–27 In normal vision, the lens focuses the visual image on the retina. Hyper/

opia, also called farsightedness, occurs when the lens focuses the visual image beyond

the retina (see Fig. 11–2), causing difficulty in seeing objects that are close. This is

a condition common in people over 40 years of age, but can be corrected with

“reading” glasses.

The medical term for farsightedness is ____________________ / __________.

11–28 People with hyper/opia (farsightedness) have difficulty seeing objects that are

____________________.

11–29 If the eyeball is too long, the visual image falls in front of the retina (see

Fig. 11–2), causing difficulty seeing objects that are far away.

The medical term for nearsightedness is __________ / __________.

11–30 The opposite of my/opia, or nearsightedness, is

____________________ / __________, or farsightedness.

Frame 11–17to Frame 11–30

Eyes • CHAPTER 11 515515

red

yellow

dipl/opia

dĭp-LŌ-pē-ă

dipl/opia

dĭp-LŌ-pē-ă

hyper-

-opia

my/o

hyper/opia

hī-pĕr-Ō-pē-ă

close

my/opia

mī-Ō-pē-ă

hyper/opia

hī-pĕr-Ō-pē-ă