Question | Answer |
acous/o | hearing |
audi/o | hearing |
audit/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
cerumin/o | cerumen earwax |
cochle/o | cochlea sensory organ for hearing |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth fluid filled cavity, inner ear |
myring/o | tympanic membrane (ear drum) |
ot/o | ear |
salping/o | auditory tube eustachian tube |
staped/o | stapes one of the ossicles (bones) within the middle ear |
tympan/o | tympanic membrane (ear drum) |
vestibul/o | vestibule entryway into the inner ear |
-cusis | hearing |
-otia | ear condition |
neur/o | nerve |
-otomy | cutting into |
-itis | inflammation |
-rrhagia | abnormal flow |
-al -ar -ic | pertaining to |
-emetic | pertaining to vomit |
-logy | study of |
-plasty | surgical repair |
otic | pertaining to the ear |
an- | without |
anti- | against |
macro- | large |
micro- | small |
tympanic | pertaining to the tympanic membrane or ear drum |
acoustic | pertaining to hearing |
anacusis an- -cusis | without hearing |
ceruminoma | mass of cerumen excessive accumulation of earwax resulting in a hard wax plug |
otomycosis ot/o myc/o -osis | abnormal condition of fungus in the ear |
audiology audi/o -logy | study of hearing |
tympanorrhexis tympan/o -rrhexis | rupture of tympanic membrane or ear drum |
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