C C 306M Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Common Sense, Microtia, De Architectura
20 Aug 2013
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Amphi- and ambi: amphibian, amphitrichous, amphicyte, ambisinister, ambisexual. Aural atresia = spectrum of ear deformties: gr. Atretos no performation: l. meatus external opening. Pinna, lobe and concha relate to the parts of the ear! Otitis medea = inflammation of middle ear. Barotitis = inflammation of ear caused by changed in atmospheric pressure. Surgical reconstruction of the junction of the ossicular chain of the middle ear. Rhinosalpingitis = inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose and of the eustachian tube. Myringomycosis = fungal infection of the tympanic membrane. Sensus communis (koine aesthesis: visus, olfactus, gustus, tactus, auditus. Anosmia = loss of the sense of smell. Kakosmia (cacosmia) = imagining of unpleasant odors. Parosmia = distortion of the sense of smell. Oxyosphresia = heightened acuteness of the sense of smell. Saprobe = a fungus who gets its nutrients from dead organisms. Ambageusia = loss of taste on both sides of the tongue.
