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Chapter 8
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a-, an- | without, absence of |
| hyper- | excessive, abnormally high, above |
| para- | near, alongside, departure from normal |
| acou/o, acoust/o | hearing |
| aud/o, audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| labyrinth/o | maze, inner ear |
| laryng/o | voic box, larynx |
| mast/o | breast |
| myring/o | membrane, eardrum |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ot/o | ear |
| presby/o | old age |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | tube (usually the eustachian or fallopian tubes) |
| staped/o | stirrup, stapes |
| tympan/o | eardrum |
| -acusis, -cusis | hearing condition |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | surgical excision, removal |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | one who studies |
| -logy | study of |
| -metry | measurement |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | abnormal swelling tumor |
| -osis | condition of |
| -otomy | cutting into, incision |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhagia | bleeding, hemorrhage |
| -rrhea | excessive discharge (of fluid) |
| -scope | viewing instrument |
| -scopy | process of viewing |
| audition | the process of hearing |
| external auditory canal | the skin-lined tube that extends from the auricle to the eardrum |
| auricle | the external appendages on the sides of the head that are commonly referred to as the ears; also called pinna |
| labyrinth | a series of fluid-filled channels within the mastoid process of the temporal bone; aka inner ear |
| mastoid process | breast-shaped projection near the base of the temporal bone that houses the middle and inner ears |
| tympanic membrane | a membrane-covered disk that receives sound waves, amplifies them, and transmits them to the first ossicle, the malleus; aka eardrum (TM) |
| tympanic cavity | a small, air-filled cavity between the inside wall of the eardrum and the inner ear |
| tinnitus | a ringing or buzzing sensation in the ears |
| vertigo | a sensation of dizziness |
| cerumen impaction | excessive buildup of earwax in the external auditory canal |
| Meniere's disease | a chronic disease of the inner ear that includes symptoms of dizziness and ringing in the ears |
| antibiotic otic solutions | antibacterial and anti-inflammatory eardrops treat otitis externa |
| antiemetics | reduce nausea associated with vertigo |
| anti-inflammatory otics | reduce inflammation, edema, and pruritus associated with otitis externa |
| cereumen emulsifiers | eardrops that soften earwax to prevent compaction in the external ear canal |
| OM | otitis media |
| Oto | otology |
| TM | tympanic membrane |
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