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17.1 Otolaryngology
CF Otolaryngology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acous/o | hearing; sound |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alg/o | pain |
| allerg/o | allergy |
| audi/o | the sense of hearing |
| audit/o | the sense of hearing |
| aur/i | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| bi/o | life; living organisms; living tissue |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| candid/o | Candida (a yeast) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cavit/o | hollow space |
| cav/o | hollow space |
| cervic | neck; cervix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| circul/o | circle |
| cochle/o | cochlea (of the inner ear) |
| conduct/o | carrying; conveying |
| congest/o | accumulation of fluid |
| cortic/o | cortex (outter region) |
| dissect/o | to cut apart |
| dors/o | back; dorsum |
| effus/o | a pouring out |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| extern/o | outside |
| faci/o | face |
| front/o | front |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | glottis (of the larynx) |
| hem/o | blood |
| impact/o | wedged in |
| incud/o | incus (anvil-shapped bone) |
| infer/o | below |
| labi/o | lip; labium |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth in the inner ear |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| log/o | word; the study of |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
| malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| malle/o | malleus (hammer-shapped bone) |
| mandibule/o | mandible (lower jaw) |
| mast/o | breast; mastoid process |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| ment/o | chin |
| mucos/o | mucous membrane |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| nas/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| or/o | mouth |
| osm/o | the sense of small |
| ossic/o | bone |
| ossicul/o | ossicle (little bone) |
| ot/o | ear |
| palat/o | palate |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| plak/o | plaque |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| persby/o | old age |
| radic/o | all the parts including the root |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| scop/o | examine with an instrument |
| sensitiv/o | affected by; sensitive to |
| sensor/i | sensory |
| sept/o | septum (dividing wall) |
| ser/o | serum of the blood; serumlike fluid |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| sphen/o | wedge shape |
| staped/o | stapes (stirrup-shaped bone) |
| strept/o | curved |
| super/o | above |
| suppur/o | pus formation |
| tempor/o | temple (side of the head) |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| toxic/o | poision; toxin |
| turbin/o | scroll like structure; turbinate |
| tuss/o | cough |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| vestibul/o | vestibule (entrence) |
| voc/o | voice |
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