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18 Cards in this Set
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acou/o
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hearing
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audi/o
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hearing
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aur/i
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ear
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aur/o
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ear
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ot/o
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ear
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labyrinth/o
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labyrinth (inner ear)
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mastoid/o
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mastoid bone
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum)
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staped/o
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stapes (middle ear bone)
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear
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acoustic neuroma
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benign tumor within the auditory canal growing from the acoustic nerve. May cause hearing loss.
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ceruminoma
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tumor of a gland that secretes earwax (cerumen)
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meniere disease
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chronic disease of the inner ear characterized by dizzines and ringing in the ear and hearing loss.
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otitis externa
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inflammation of the outer ear
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otitis media (OM)
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inflammation of the middle ear
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presbycusis
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hearing impairment in old age
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tinnitus
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ringing in the ears
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vertigo
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a sense that either one's own body or the environment is revolving. May indicate innder ear disease.
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