Notes on Ear and Eye Vocabulary

Ear Vocabulary

airplane ear buzzing ear lobe ear plug fluid foreign body hearing loss

cauliflower ear deafness middle ear infection perforated eardrum pressure ringing swimmer’s ear

dizziness drainage tinnitus tugging vertigo wax

Eye Vocabulary

astigmatism blinking bloodshot blurred bulging eye cataract clogged conjunctivitis contact lens cornea cross-eyed crusty eyelid distorted vision double vision droopy eyelid

dry eye eyeball eyelid eye herpes eye pressure eye strain farsightedness floaters focus fuzzy vision glare glaucoma grittiness halos jaundice

lazy eye macular degeneration nearsightedness night vision optic nerve peripheral vision photophobia pink eye pupils retina secrete squinting tears twitching watery

Word Forms

Noun	Infinitive/Verb (v) —Past Tense	Adjective (adj)	Adverb (adv)
a blink	to blink; blinked	blinking
a blur	to blur; blurred	blurred; blurry
a bulge; bulginess	to bulge; bulged	bulged; bulging; bulgy
a clog	to clog; clogged	clogged
distortion	to distort; distorted	distorted; distorting
deafness		deaf; deafening
dizziness		dizzy; dizzier	dizzily; dizzyingly
drainage	to drain; drained	drained; draining; drainable
droop	to droop; drooped	droopy; drooping	droopingly
focus	to focus; focused	focused
fluid; fluidity	to flow; flowed	flowing	flowingly
fuzziness; fuzz		fuzzy	fuzzily
glare	to glare; glared	glaring	glaringly
grit; grittiness	to grit; gritted	gritty	grittily
jaundice		jaundiced
lump	to lump; lumped	lumpy
presbyopia		presbyopic
pressure	to pressure, pressured	pressured
ring	to ring; rang	ringing
squint; squinter	to squint; squinted	squinting
tear; tearfulness	to tear; teared	tearing; teary; tearful; tearless	tearfully
tug	to tug; tugged	tugging	tugginlgy
twitch	to twitch; twitched	twitching	twitchily
wax	to wax; waxed	waxing; waxy

Idiomatic Expressions using “Eye”

Keep an eye out
To have eyes in the back of one’s hand
To have eyes like a hawk
To have a good eye
To have your eyes glued
To be hit between the eye

Idiomatic Expressions using “Ear”

To lend an ear

To turn a deaf ear

To be wet/green behind the ears

To be up to your ears

To bend someone’s ear

To smile/grin from ear to ear