Medical Terminolgy

4. A test used to determine the smallest letters you can read on a standardized chart or a card held 20 feet away.
5. A sudden loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion as the result of a rupture or clot in a blood vessel of the brain.
6. An abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity).
8. Inflammation of the middle ear, usually as the result of an infection. Occurs commonly in children and may cause pain and temporary hearing loss.
9. Absence of the lens of an eye, occurring congenitally or as a result of trauma or surgery.
10. A condition of the eye that makes it difficult to see objects that are far away; nearsightedness.

1. A common, often chronic, disorder in which a person pauses breathing or takes shallow breaths while sleeping. It results in a poor quality of sleep and excessive daytime sleepiness.
2. A medical condition that usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the macula) because of damage to the retina.
3. A diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves.
7. A medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision.