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AMT Recall Ear
Question | Answer |
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the outer ear/pinna | auricle |
related to both ears | binaural |
referring to sound perception in one ear | monoaural |
cholesteatoma | tumor like mass filled with cholesterol and epithelial cells |
minimal loss of hearing as compared to total or extensive deafness | hearing impairment |
sensation of whirling and loss of balance especially when looking down from great height or caused by disease such as Meniere’s | vertigo |
ringing/buzzing in ears | tinnitis |
a surgical operation in which a new opening is formed, especially in the bony labyrinth of the inner ear to treat certain types of deafness | fenestration |
incision into eardrum | myringotomy |
inflammation of inner ear (maze) | labyrinthitis |
surgery to repair hole in eardrum with a graft | myringoplasty |
instrument to examine the eardrum | myringoscope |
hearing loss associated with aging | prebyscusis |
earache | otalgia |
ear stone | otolith |
fungaal ear inrection | otomycosis |
otosclerosis | Hardening (stiffening) condition of the ear structures characterized by progressive deafness |
discharge/flow of pus from ear | pyorrhea |