Combining Form
Disease and Disorder
Surgical Terms
Complementary Terms
Diagnostic Terms
100
hearing
What is audi/o
100
inflammation of the mastoid bone
What is mastoiditis
100
incision into the mastoid bone
What is mastoidectomy
100
One who studies and specializes in hearing
What is audiologist
100
record of hearing
What is audiogram
200
labyrinth (inner ear)
What is labyrinth/o
200
pain in the ear
What is otalgia
200
incision of the mastoid
What is mastoidetomy
200
pertaining to the vestibule
What is vestibular
200
instrument used to measure middle ear (function)
What is tympanometer
300
mastoid bone
What is mastoid/o
300
Inflammation of the outer ear
What is otitis externa
300
excision of the stapes
What is stapedectomy
300
pertaining the the ear
What is aural
300
measurement of hearing
What is audiometry
400
tympanic membrane (eardrum) , middle ear
What is tympan/o
400
ringing in the ears
What is tinnitus
400
pertaining to the cochlea implant (surgically inserted electronic device device that converts sound into electrical impulses.
What is cochlear implant
400
physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, nose, and larynx (throat)
What is otorhinolaryngologist
400
instrument used for visual examination of the ear
What is otoscope
500
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
What is myring/o
500
tumor of a gland that secretes earwax (cerumen)
What is ceruminoma
500
surgical repair (of the hearing mechanism) of the middle ear (including the tympanic membrane and the ossicles)
What is tympanoplasty
500
pertaining to the vestibule and the cochlea
What is vestibulocochlear
500
process of recording the electrical activity in the cochlea (in response to sound)
What is electrocochleography