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47 Cards in this Set
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LATIN WORD PERTAINING TO SENSE OF HEARING
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AUDITORY
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ACUTENESS OR SHARPNESS OF HEARING
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AUDITORY ACUITY
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LATIN WORD PERTAINING TO THE EAR
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AURAL
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EAR WAX
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CERUMEN
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TUMOR OF DESQUAMATED EPITHELIUM AND CHOLESTRIN CRYSTALS WHICH OFTEN CONTAINS INFECTIOUS BACTERIA OR ACTS AS FOREIGN BODY; MAY BE FOUND IN MIDDLE EAR OR MASTOID
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CHOLESTEATOMA
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TRANSMISSION OF SOUND WAVES THROUGH CONDUCTING MEDIA OF AIR OR BONE
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CONDUCTION
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HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE EXTERNAL OR MIDDLE EAR
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CONDUCTION LOSS
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MEASUREMENT OF DEGREE OF HEARING OR HEARING LOSS
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DECIBEL
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INFLAMMATION OF THE AIR CELLS OF THE MASTOID PROCESS
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MASTOIDITIS
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DISORDER OF THE LABYRINGH OF THE INNER EAR WITH SYMPTOMS INCLUDING PROGRESSIVE DEAFNESS, TINNITUS, DIZZINESS, AND A SENSATION OF FULLNESS OR PRESSURE IN EARS
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MENIERE'S DISEASE
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INFLAMMATION OF MIDDLE EAR-ACUTE OR CHRONIC
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OTITIS MEDIA
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GREEK WORK PERTAINING TO THE EAR
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OTO
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STUDY OF THE EAR, ITS FUNCTIONS AND DISEASES
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OTOLOGY
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EARACHE
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OTALGIA
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CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY CHRONIC PROGESSIVE DEAFNESS CAUSED BY FORMATION OF SPONGY BONE, ESPECIALLY AROUND OVAL WINDOW WITH RESULTING IMMOBILITY AND FIXATION OF STAPES
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OTOSCLEROSIS
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INCISION INTO TYMPANIC MEMBRANE UNDER DIRECT VISION TO TREAT ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA OR TO RELEASE FLUID IN MIDDLE EAR; TUBES ARE FREQUENTLY INSERTED THROUGH TYMPANIC MEMBRANE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROCEDURE
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MYRINGOTOMY
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SMALL, DRAINAGE TUBES PLACED IN TYMPANIC MEMBRANE TO PREVENT ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN MIDDLE EAR
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PRESSURE EQUALIZATION TUBE--PE TUBES
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HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE INNER EAR RESULTING FROM DAMAGE TO NERVE TISSUE AND/OR SENSORY PATHS TO BRAIN
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SENSORINEURAL LOSS
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RINGING OR TINKLING SOUND IN EAR
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TINNITUS
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SENSATION OF MOVING AROUND IN SPACE OR OF HAVING OBJECTS MOVE AROUND YOU; MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN EQUILIBRIUM
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VERTIGO
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AN ABNORMAL SENSITIVENESS TO ODORS
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HYPEROSMIA
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BONY/CARTILAGENOUS PARTITION DIVIDING THE NASAL CAVITY INTO 2 NASAL FOSSAE
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NASAL SEPTUM
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PERTAINING TO SENSE OF SMELL
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OLFACTORY
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INFLAMMATION OF THE NASAL MUCOSAE
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RHINITIS
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A CAVITY WITHIN A BONE
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SINUS
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INCISION INTO TYMPANIC MEMBRANE UNDER DIRECT VISION TO TREAT ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA OR TO RELEASE FLUID IN MIDDLE EAR; TUBES ARE FREQUENTLY INSERTED THROUGH TYMPANIC MEMBRANE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROCEDURE
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MYRINGOTOMY
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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF MASTOID AIR CELLS, POSTERIOR AND SUPERIOR BONY EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL WALLS, TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, AND MALLEUS AND INCUS
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MASTOIDECTOMY
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ANY PROCEDURE PERFORMED TO REPAIR DEFECTS IN TYMPANIC MEMBRANE AND OR MIDDLE EAR STRUCTURES
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TYMPANOPLASTY
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SURGICAL IMPLANTATION OF AN ELECTRONIC HEARING DEVICE IN COCHLEA
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COCHLEAR IMPLANT
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REMOVAL OF STAPES AND REESTABLISHMENT OF LINKAGE BETWEEN INCUS AND OVAL WINDOW BY INTERPOSITION OF VEIN GRAFT, POLYETHYLENE TUBE, OR OTHER PROSTHESIS
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STAPEDECTOMY
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HEMORRHAGE FROM NOSE; NOSE BLEED
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EPISTAXIS
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LOCATED BILATERALLY BETWEEN UPPER TEETH AND EYES
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MAXILLARY SINUSES
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LOCATED ABOVE EYES
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FRONTAL SINUS
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LOCATED BILATERALLY BETWEEN NOSE AND EYES
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ETHMOID SINUS CELLS
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LOCATED ALMOST IN CENTER OF SKULL
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SPHENOIDAL SINUSES
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REMOVAL OF DISEASED PORTION OF THE MIDDLE TURBINATE, REMOVAL OF ETHMOIDAL CELLS, AND REMOVAL OF ALL DISEASED TISSUE IN NASAL FOSSA THROUGH A NASAL OR EXTERNAL APPROACH
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ETHMOIDECTOMY
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CREATION OF A NEW PASSAGEWAY FOR DRAINAGE AND REMOVAL OF ANY DISEASED TISSUE IN SPHENOIDAL SINUSES ; INCISION IS MADE THROUGH AN INTRANASAL OR EXTERNAL APPROACH
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SPHENOIDECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF THE INFERIOR AND MIDDLE TURBINATES TO INCREASE AERATION AND DRAINAGE AND RELIEVE PRESSURE AGAINST THE FLOOR OF THE NOSE
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TURBINECTOMY
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CREATION OF A NEW PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN MAXILLARY SINUSES AND NASAL CAVITY TO ESTABLISH DRAINAGE AND REMOVE ANY DISEASED TISSUE, POLYPS, OR TUMORS; INCISION IS MADE IN ORAL MUCOUS MEMBRANE ABOVE CANINE TEETH CALLED THE CANINE FOSSA
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CALDWELL-LUC (RADICAL ANTROSTOMY)
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INVOLVES ENDOSCOPIC RESECTION OF INFLAMMATORY AND ANATOMIC DEFECTS OF THE SINUSES
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ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY
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SWALLOWING
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DEGLUTITION
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SENSE OF TASTE
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GUSTATION
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ANY BENIGN EPITHELIAL TUMOR
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PAPILLOMA
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INFLAMMATION OF MOUTH
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STOMATITIS
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SUBTOTAL OR TOTAL REMOVAL OF PAROTID GLAND AND ANY ASSOCIATED TUMORS OR LESIONS
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PAROTIDECTOMY
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DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE LARYNX THROUGH A FIBEROPTIC ENDOSCOPE (LARYNGOSCOPE) TO REMOVE FOREIGN BODIES
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LARYNGOSCOPY
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EN BLOC REMOVAL OF LYMPHATIC CHAINS AND ALL NONVITAL STRUCTURES OF THE NECK TO ARREST THE METASTATIC CANCER OF THE CERVICAL LYMPHATIC CHAIN
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RADICAL NECK DISSECTION
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