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Medical Terminology Chapter 13 Flashcards

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ambly/o

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dull, dim

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aque/o

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water

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blast/o

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immature

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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chromat/o

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color

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conjenctiv/o

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conjuntiva

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corne/o

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cornea

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cycl/o

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ciliary body

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dacry/o

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tears

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dipl/o

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double

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glauc/o

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gray

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ir/o

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iris

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irid/o

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iris

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kerat/o

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cornia

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lacrim/o

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tears

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macul/o

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macula lutea

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mi/o

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lessening

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mydr/i

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widening

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nyctal/o

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night

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ocul/o

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eye

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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opt/o

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eye, vision

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optic/o

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eye, vision

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papill/o

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optic disk

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phac/o

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lens

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phot/o

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light

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presby/o

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old age

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pupill/o

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pupil

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retin/o

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retina

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scler/o

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sclera

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stigmat/o

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point

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uve/o

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choroid

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vitre/o

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glassy

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-ician

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specialist

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-metrist

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specialist in measuring

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-opia

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vision condition

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-opsia

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visual condition

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-phobia

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fear

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-tropia

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turned condition

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eso-

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inward

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exo-

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outward

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myo-

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to shut

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3 layers of the eyeball

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sclera, choroid, retina

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sclera

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outer layer, provides a tough protective coating for the inner structures of the eye

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cornea

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the anterior portion of the sclera. If allows light to enter the eyeball

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choroid

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middle layer; provides the blood supply for the eye

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anterior portion of the choroid layer

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iris, pupil, ciliary body

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iris

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colored portion of the eye & contains smooth muscle

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pupil

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the opening in the center of the iris that allows light rays to enter the eyeball.

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ciliary body

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immediately posterior to the iris; a ring of smooth muscle.

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lens

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sits in the center of the ring of the ciliary body

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retina

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innermost layer; contains the sensory receptor cells that respond to light rays

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rods and cones

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rods are active in dim light and help us to see in gray tones.
cones are active only in bright light and are responsible for color vision.

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muscles of the eye

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four rectus and two oblique muscles

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conjunctiva

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a mucous membrane lining. A continuous covering on the underside of each eyelid and across the anterior surface of each eyeball. Seals the eyeball in the socket

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lacrimal gland

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located under the outer upper corner of each eyelid. Produce tears.

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xer/o

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conjunctival

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pertaining to the conjunctiva

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extraocular

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pertaining to being outside the eyeball

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intraocular

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pertaining to within the eye

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iridal

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pertaining to the iris

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uveal

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pertaining to the choroid layer of the eye

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blepharoptosis

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drooping eyelid

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diplopia

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condition of seeing double

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emmetropia

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state of normal vision

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iridoplegia

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paralysis of the iris

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cyclophegia

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paralysis of the ciliary body

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nyctalopia

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difficulty seeing in dim light; night blindness

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scleromalacia

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softening of the sclera

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acous/o

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audi/o

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audit/o

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aur/o

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auricul/o

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cerumin/o

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cochle/o

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labyrinth/o

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labyrinth (inner ear)

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myring/o

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tympanic membrane

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ot/o

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salping/o

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auditory tube (eustachian tube)

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staped/o

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tympan/o

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tympanic member

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vestibul/o

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-cusis

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-otia

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ear condition

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study of the ear

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study of hearing disorders

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2 senses the ear is responsible for

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hearing and equilibrium

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three areas of the ear

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external ear, middle ear, and inner ear

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3 parts of the external ear

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auricle, auditory canal and the tympanic membrane

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the visible portion of the ear

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auricle or pinna

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earwax or cerumen

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produced in oil glands in the auditory canal. Wax helps to protect and lubricate the ear. Helps the auditory canal to be self-cleaning.

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Bones in the middle ear

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malleus, incus, and stapes

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eustachian tube jor auditory tube

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air filled cavity connects the nasopharynx with the middle ear. Each time you swallow the eustachian tube opens. This connection allows pressure to equalize between the middle ear cavity and the atmospheric pressure.

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inner ear

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fluid filled cavity referred to as the labryinth.

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acoustic

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pertaining to hearing

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aural

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pertaining to the ear

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binaural

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pertaining to both ears

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monaural

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pertaining to one ear

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macrotia

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condition of having abnormally large ears

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microtia

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condition of having abnormally small ears

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otalgia

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tinnitus

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ringing in the ears

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tympanorrhexis

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rupture of the tympanic membrane

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anacusis

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total absence of hearing

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ceruminoma

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excessive accumulation of earwax resulting in a hard wax plug

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otitis externa

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external ear infection…swimmer’s ear

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myringitis

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inflammation of the tympanic membrane

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otosclerosis

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loss of mobility of the stapes bones, leading to progressive hearing loss

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otitis media

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middle ear infection

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salpingitis

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inflammation of the auditory tube

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otoplasty

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surgical repair of the external ear

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stapedectomy

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surgical removal of the stapes bone to treat otosclerosis.

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