Foundation year

EAR & HEARINGMEDICAL TERMINOLOGY T. SANAA ABD ELHAMED

At the end of this chapter, you should able to:

1. Label a diagram of the ear.

2. Identify and use word parts pertaining to the ear and

hearing.

3. Describe the main disorders pertaining to the ear.

4. Interpret abbreviations used in the study of the ear.

5. Analyze several case studies pertaining to hearing.

OBJECTIVES

1. Aural (adj) (or-al) referring to the ear.

2. Audiology : study of hearing. The combining form audi/o means hearing.

Audiological – adj.

Auditory – adj

MEDICAL TERMS PERTAINING TO EAR & HEARING

3. Audiologist: person who specializes in hearing.

4. Audiometry (n) measurement of hearing.

5. Otoscope (n): Otoscope is an instrument for examining the ear and

the eardrum.

6. Otoscopy (n): visual examination of the ear canal and eardrum.

7. Otalgia (n) pain in the ear. The combining form ot/o means ear. The

suffix –algia means pain.

8. Deafness (n) is a partial or complete loss of hearing in one or both ears.

9. Tympanic (adj) referring to the eardrum. The combining form

Tympan/o means eardrum. The suffix –ic means referring to.

Tympanum – noun (eardrum)

10. Tympanoplasty (n) a surgical repair of the eardrum. The suffix –

plasty means a surgical repair.

11. Otorrhea (n) means any discharge from the ear.

12. Otopyorrhea (n) is the flow of pus from the ear. The combining

form py/o means pus. The suffix –rrhea means flow.

13. Tinnitus (n) ringing sound in the ear.

14. Otitis (n) an inflammation of the ear.

15. Labyrinthitis (n) is inflammation of

the labyrinth of the inner ear.

Labyrinth of the inner ear consists of

the vestibular apparatus which

contains the organs of balance.

16. Myringotomy (n) means an incision of the eardrum. The

suffix –tomy means to cut in.

17. Vertigo (n) is a false sensation of rotational movement

often combined with nausea and vomiting.

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