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FULLERS CH 27
SURGERY OF EAR, NOSE, PHARYNX, AND LARYNX
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Undergraduate 1
02/03/2013

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CANALPLASTY
Definition
A PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL IS RECONSTRUCTED.
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CERUMEN
Definition
A SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY THE GLANDS OF THE EAR (EAR WAX).
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CHOLESTEATOMA
Definition
BENIGN TUMOR OF THE MIDDLE EAR CAUSED BY SHEDDING OF KERATIN IN CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA.
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EFFUSION
Definition
FLUID IN THE MIDDLE EAR.
Term
EPISTAXIS
Definition
BLEEDING ARISING FROM THE NASAL CAVITY.
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EVERT
Definition
TO TURN OUTWARD OR INSIDE OUT.
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GOITER
Definition
BENIGN ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID GLAND.
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HYPERTROPHY (HYPERTROPHIC)
Definition
ENLARGEMENT OF AN ORGAN OR TISSUE.
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INNERVATION
Definition
THE APPLYING OF A BODY PART OR ORGAN WITH NERVES OR NERVOUS STIMULI.
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KERATIN
Definition
A SUBSTANCE CREATED BY THE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM.
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NASOLARYNGOSCOPE
Definition
A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE THAT IS PASSED THROUGH THE NOSE TO VISUALIZE THE LARYNX
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NEOPLASM
Definition
AN ABNORMAL GROWTH OF CELLS.
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NYSTAGMUS
Definition
RAPID OSCILLATION OF THE EYE, A SYMPTOM OF CERTAIN NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES. 
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OSSICLES
Definition
THE BONES OF THE MIDDLE EAR THAT CONDUCT SOUND; THE MALLEUS, INCUS, AND STAPES.
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OTITIS MEDIA
Definition
MIDDLE EAR INFECTION.
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OTOTOXIC
Definition
A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN INJURE THE EAR.
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PACKING
Definition
METHOD OF APPLYING A DRESSING TO A BODY CAVITY. 
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PAPILLOMA
Definition
A BENIGN EPITHELIAL TUMOR CHARACTERIZED BY A BRANCHING OR LOBULAR TUMOR.
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PARANASAL SINUSES
Definition
AIR CELLS SURROUNDING OR ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE NASAL CAVITIES; MAXILLARY, ETHMOID, SPHENOID, AND FRONTAL SINUSES.
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PARESIS
Definition
PARALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE.
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PERFORATION
Definition
A DEFECT IN THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE CAUSED BY TRAUMA OR INFECTION.
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PERICHONDRIUM
Definition
TISSUE OVERLYING THE CARTILAGE THAT PROVIDED ITS VASCULAR AND NERVOUS SUPPLY.
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PERIOSTEUM
Definition
TISSUE OVERLYING THE BONE THAT PROVIDES ITS VASCULAR AND NERVOUS SUPPLY.
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PHONATION
Definition
VIBRATION OF THE VOCAL CORDS DURING SPEAKING OR VOCALIZATION.
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POLYP
Definition
EXCESSIVE PROLIFERATION OF THE MUCOSAL EPITHELIUM.
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SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS
Definition
HEARING IMPAIRMENT ARISING FROM THE COCHLEA, AUDITORY NERVE, OR CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Term
SUBLINGUAL
Definition
A TERM FOR THE REGION UNDER THE TONGUE, WHICH IS HIGHLY VASCULAR.
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TM
Definition
THE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Term
TRANSPHENOIDAL
Definition
LITERALY, "ACROSS OR THROUGH THE SPHENOID BONE."
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TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE
Definition
A TUBE THAT IS PLACED IN A MYRINGOTOMY TO PRODUCE AERATION OF THE MIDDLE EAR.
Term
UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY (UPP).
Definition
PROCEDURE IN WHICH THE TONSILS, UVULA, AND A PORTION OF THE SOFT PALATE ARE REMOVED TO REDUCE AND STIFFEN EXCESS OROPHARYNGEAL AND ORAL CAVITY TISSUE IN PATIENTS WITH OBSTUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.
Term
VERTIGO
Definition
A SYMPTOM RATHER THAN A DISEASE.  THE SENSORY DISTRUBANCES IN WHICH THE PATIENT IS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN BALANCE OR HAS THE PERCEPTION OF SPINNING, FALLING, OR THE ENVIRONMENT TURNING.
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