structures
combining forms
diseases and disorders
surgical
word parts
100
bones of the middle ear that carry sound vibrations
What is ossicles?
100
instrument used to measure hearing
What is audiometer?
100
inflammation of the outer ear
What is otitis externa?
100
excision of the mastoid bone
What is mastoidectomy?
100
myring/o
What is the tympanic membrane?
200
external structure located on both sides of the head
What is external ear auricle (pinna)?
200
measurement of the tympanic membrane
What is tympanometry?
200
tinnitus
What is ringing in the ears?
200
surgical repair of the middle ear
What is tympanoplasty?
200
ear
What is aur/i, aur/o, ot/o
300
bony spaces within the temporal bone of the skull
What is the labyrinth?
300
visual examination of the ear
What is otoscopy?
300
presbycusis
What is hearing impairment in old age?
300
pertaining to cochlea implant
What is cochlear implant?
300
staped/o
What is what are the stapes(middle ear bone)?
400
eustachian tube
What is the tube that connects the middle ear and the pharynx?
400
pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea
What is vestibulocochlear
400
a sense that either one's own body or the environment is revolving; indicate inner ear disaease
What is vertigo?
400
Incision into the tympanic membrane
What is myringotomy?
400
mastoid/o
What is the mastoid bone?
500
middle ear tympanic membrane
What is the semitransparent membrane that separates the external auditory canal and the middle ear cavity?
500
otorhinolaryngologist
What is physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, nose and larynx?
500
tumor of a gland that secretes earwax
What is ceruminoma?
500
labyrinthectomy
What is the excision of the labyrinth?
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