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| cholesteatoma |
a tumor-like mass of epithelial cells appearing esp. in the middle ear or mastoid process, also known as a pearl tumor. |
| eardrum |
a membrane that separates the middle ear from the outer ear and that vibrates when sound waves strike it. (See tympanic membrane.) |
| Eustachian tube |
a passage connecting the middle ear with the throat; auditory canal. |
| incus |
the small middle bone of the mammalian middle ear, shaped like an anvil. |
| malleus |
the outermost and largest of the three small bones in the middle ear of mammals. |
| otitis |
inflammation of the ear, esp. of the middle ear; otitis media. |
| otitis media |
inflammation of the middle ear. |
| stapes |
the innermost of three tiny bones found in the middle ear of mammals; stirrup. (See incus, malleus.) |
| stirrup bone |
one of the three bones of the middle ear; stapes. |
| tympanic bone |
in a mammal's skull, a small bone that supports the eardrum and partially encloses the middle ear. |
| tympanic membrane |
a thin, oval-shaped membrane separating the middle ear from the external ear, which vibrates when struck by sound waves; eardrum. |
| tympanum |
the middle ear. [1/4 definitions] |
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