Medical terminology pertaining to the Ear
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| One who specializes in disorders of hearing | audiologist
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| The study of hearing disorders | audiology
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| An instrument used to measure hearing | audiometer
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| Measurment of the hearing senses | audiometry
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| An instrument that conveys sound to the auditory nerve through teeth or bone | audiphone
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| Pertaining to the sense of hearing | auditory
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| Pertaining to the ear | aural
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| The external portion of the known as the flap | auricle
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| Pertaining to both ears | biaural
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| Earwax | cerumen
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| A tumor-like mass filled with epithelial cells and cholesterol | cholesteatoma
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| Portion of the inner ear shapes like a snail shell | cochlea
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| Complete or partial loss of the ability to hear | deafness
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| Organ of hearing and equillibrium | ear
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| A recording of the electrical activity produced when cochlea is stimulated | electrocochleography
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| Pertaining ti within the ear | endaural
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| Clear fluid contained within the labyrinth | endolymph
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| A state of balance | equillibrium
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| A narrow tube between the middle ear and the throat. | eustachian tube
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| Surgical operation in which a new opening is made in the labyrinth of the inner ear | fenestration
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| The anvil, the middle of the three ossicles | incus
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| The inner ear; made up of the vestibule, cochlea and semicircular canals | labyrinth
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| Surgical excision of the labyrinth | labyrinthectomy
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| Inflammation of the labyrinth | labyrinthitis
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| Incision of the labyrinth | labyrinthotomy
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| The hammer, the largest of the three ossicles | malleus
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| Pain in the mastoid | mastoidalgia
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| Inflammation of the mastoid | mastoiditis
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| A disease of the inner ear (labyrinth) that has recurring symptoms | Meniere's diseases
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| Pertaining to one ear | monaural
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| Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane | myringectomy
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| Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane | myringoplasty
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| An instrument used to measure the eardrum | myringoscope
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| An instrument used for cutting the eardrum | myringotomy
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| Small bone (malleus, incus or stapes) | ossicle
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| Pertaining to the ear | otic
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| Inflammation of the ear | otitis
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| Inflammation ofthe middle ear | otitis media
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| Pain in the ear; earache | otodynia
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| One who specializes in the study of the ear and larnyx | otolaryngologist
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| The study of the ear an larnyx | otolaryngology
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| Ear stone | otolith
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| A fungus condition of the ear | otomycosis
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| The study of ear conditions with nerve complications | otoneurology
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| Pertaining to the ear and pharnyx | otopharngeal
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| Surgical repair of the ear | otoplasty
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| Flow of pus from the ear | otopyorrhea
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| The study of the ear, nose and larnyx | otorhinolarngology
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| A hardening condition of the ear characterized by progressive deafness | otosclerosis
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| An instrument used to examine the ear | otoscope
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| Membrane in the middle ear into which fits the footplate of the stapes | oval window
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| Serum fluid of the inner ear | perilymph
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| Impairment of hearing in old age | presbycusis
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| A hearing test made with a tuning fork to compare bone conduction | Rinne test
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| Surgical excision of the stapes in the ear | stapedectomy
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| The stirrup, the innermost of the ossicles | stapes
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| A ringing or jingling sound in the ear | tinnitus
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| Surgical excision of the tympanic membrane | tympanectomy
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| Pertaining to the eardrumtympanic | Pertaining to the eardrum
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| An electronic thermometer that is used to determine core body temperature | tympanic thermometer
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| Inflammation of the tympanic membrane | tympanitis
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| Surgical repair of the tympanic membrane | tympanoplasty
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| A small sac-like structure of the labyrinth of the inner ear | utricle
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| Dizziness, light-headedness, caused by a disturbance of the equillibrium organs in the labyrinth | vertigo
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