front 1 acous/o | back 1 hearing |
front 2 myring/o | back 2 eardrum |
front 3 aer/o | back 3 air or gas |
front 4 cerumin/o | back 4 wax |
front 5 -acusis | back 5 hearing condition |
front 6 External Ear | back 6 outer structures of the ear that collect sound |
front 7 cerumen | back 7 a waxy substance secreted by glands located throughout the external canal |
front 8 malleus (hammer) | back 8 first of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear |
front 9 stapes (stirrup) | back 9 last of the three auditory ossicles of the middle ear |
front 10 eustachian tube | back 10 tube connecting the middle ear to the pharynx |
front 11 perilymph | back 11 fluid that fills the bony labyrinth of the internal ear |
front 12 endolymph | back 12 fluid within the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear |
front 13 saccule | back 13 the smaller of two sacs within the membranous labyrinth of the vestibule in the inner ear |
front 14 otalgia | back 14 earache |
front 15 otorrhagia | back 15 bleeding from the ear |
front 16 tinnitus | back 16 a ringing or buzzing in the ears; a jingling |
front 17 vertigo | back 17 a turning round; dizziness |
front 18 myringitis | back 18 inflammation of the eardrum |
front 19 otitis media | back 19 inflammation of the middle ear |
front 20 otosclerosis | back 20 hardening of the bony tissue in the ear |
front 21 labyrinthitis | back 21 inflammation of the labyrinth |
front 22 deafness | back 22 general term for partial or complete loss of hearing |
front 23 mixed hearing loss | back 23 combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss |
front 24 presbycusis | back 24 hearing impairment in old age |
front 25 audiometer | back 25 instrument to measure hearing |
front 26 otoscope | back 26 instrument for examining the ear |
front 27 microsurgery | back 27 surgery with the use of a microscope used on delicate tissue |
front 28 stapedectomy | back 28 excision of the stapes to correct otosclerosis |
front 29 auditory prosthesis | back 29 any internal or external device that improves or substitutes for natural hearing |
front 30 ear lavage | back 30 irrigation of the external ear canal |