Ch 13ears Flashcards
(51 cards)
1
Q
acous/o
audi/o
audit/o
A
hearing
2
Q
aur/o
auricul/o
A
ear
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
cerumin/o
A
cerumen
5
Q
cochle/o
A
cochlea
6
Q
labyrinth/o
A
labyrinth
7
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
8
Q
myc/o
A
fungus
9
Q
myring/o
A
tympanic membrane
10
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
11
Q
ot/o
A
ear
12
Q
presby/o
A
old age
13
Q
py/o
A
pus
14
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
15
Q
salping/o
A
auditory tube
16
Q
staped/o
A
stapes
17
Q
tympan/o
A
tympanic membrane
18
Q
vestibul/o
A
vestibule
19
Q
-algia
A
pain
20
Q
-cusis
A
hearing
21
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal
22
Q
-emetic
A
pertaining to vomiting
23
Q
-gram
A
record
24
Q
-logy
A
study of
25
-meter
instrument to measure
26
-metry
process of measuring
27
-oma
mass; tumor
28
-osis
abnormal condition
29
-otia
ear condition
30
-otomy
cutting into
31
-plasty
surgical repair
32
-rrhagia
abnormal flow
33
-rrhea
discharge
34
-rrhexis
rupture
35
-sclerosis
hardening
36
-scope
instrument to visually examine
37
-scopy
process of visually examining
38
an-
without
39
anti-
against
40
macrotia
condition of having abnormally large ears.
41
microtia
condition of having abnormally small ears
42
otalgia
ear pain
43
otopyorrhea
discharge of pus from the ear
44
otorrhagia
bleeding from the ear
45
presbycusis
normal loss of hearing that can accompany the aging process.
46
residual hearing
amount of hearing that is still present after damage has occurred to the auditory mechanism
47
tinnitus
ringing in the ears
48
tympanorrhexis
rupture of the tympanic membrane
49
anacusis
total absence of hearing; inability to perceive sound. (deafness)
50
ceruminoma
excessive accumulation of earwax resulting in a hard wax plug.
51
otitis externa (OE)
External ear infection.
