Chapter 11-2 The Ear and Hearing

-logy, log/o

study of

audi/o

hearing

-logist

one who studies

bi-

two

later/o

side

ot/o

ear

rhin/o, nas/o

nose

laryng/o

larynx (voicebox)

mg

milligram

p.r.n.

when necessary

q.i.d.

four times each day

URI

upper respiratory infection

cerumin/o

cerumin, ear wax

-ette, -cle

little, small

cur/o

cleanse, cure

-ation

process

irrig/o

to water

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopy

to examin

topic/o

local

tympan/o, myring/o

eardrum

aden/o

gland

-oid

resembling

mast/o, mamm/o

breast

pharynx

throat

oss/i

bone

AOM

acute otitis media

-oma

tumor, mass

chol/e

bile

steat/o

fat

-tomy

surgical incision

scler/o

hardening

perforat/o

bore through

AD

right ear

AS

left ear

AU

both ears

-meter

to measure

basil/o

base, support

labyrinth/o

inner ear

sensor/o

sensory

neur/o

nerve

BPPV

benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

crist/a

crest (the top of a hill)

ampull/o

bottle shaped

equi-

equal

libri/o

balance

lith/o

stone

paroxysm/o

sudden, sharp

vestibul/o

vestibule (entrance)