Ear Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Ear Information and Meaning
See also ANATOMY; BODY, HUMAN; DEAFNESS; HEARING.
- audialgesia
- Medicine. a pain in the ear; earache.
- auriscope
- an instrument for examining the ear.
- auriscopy
- the art of using the auriscope.
- otalgia
- an earache.
- otiatrics, otiatry
- Medicine. the therapeutics of ear diseases. —otiatric, adj.
- oticodinia
- a vertigo resulting from ear disease. Also oticodinosis.
- otitis
- Medicine. any variety of inflammation in the ear. —otitic, adj.
- otography
- 1. the science of the ear.
- 2. a scientific description of the ear.
- otology
- 1. the branch of medicine that studies the ear and its diseases.
- 2. the treatment of ear disorders. —otologist, n. —otologic, otological, adj.
- otopathy
- an abnormal condition or disease of the ear.
- otoplasty
- plastic surgery of the ear.
- otopyorrhea
- the discharge or flowing of pus from the ear.
- otorrhea
- any flowing or discharge from the ear.
- otoscopy
- a visual inspection of the ear drum and the auditory canal. —otoscopic, adj.
- pachyotia
- abnormal thickness of the ears.
- tinnitus
- a ringing or whistling sound in the ears, not caused by any outside stimulus.