From Canvas (Ears Medical Terminology) - Unit 13: Eyes and Ears

a-, an-

without, not, no

acous/o

hearing

audi/o

hearing

audit/o

hearing

aur/o

ear

aural

pertaining to the ear

bi-

two

chole-

bile

cyst/o

sac, bladder, pouch

dys-

bad, difficult, painful

externa

external

labyrinth/o

inner ear (labyrinth)

logist

one who specializes in the study of

media

middle

myring/o

eardrum (tympanic membrane)

ot/o

ear

scler/o

hard, hardening

steat/o

fat

tympan/o

eardrum (tympanic membrane)

-algia

pain

-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate fluid

-ectomy

surgical removal, excision

-gram

record, picture

-graphy

process of recording

-itis

inflammation

-metry

measuring, process of measuring

-osis

condition, abnormal process

-otomy

surgical incision, cutting into

-pathy

disease, pathology, disorder

-plasty

surgical repair, reconstruction

-rrhea

flow, discharge

-scopy

visual examination with a scope, viewing