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MIDDLE EAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The main cavity of the ear; between the eardrum and the inner ear
Synonyms:
middle ear; tympanic cavity; tympanum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("middle ear" is a kind of...):
bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)
Meronyms (parts of "middle ear"):
bonelet; ossicle; ossiculum (a small bone; especially one in the middle ear)
auditory tube; Eustachian tube (either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum)
hammer; malleus (the ossicle attached to the eardrum)
anvil; incus (the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes)
stapes; stirrup (the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea)
Holonyms ("middle ear" is a part of...):
auditory apparatus (all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears)
Context examples:
A rare squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the middle ear.
(Otitis Media, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by inflammation (physiologic response to irritation), swelling and redness to the middle ear.
(Otitis Media, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A benign polypoid growth in the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant jugulotympanic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia in the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)
If left untreated, it may increase in size and destroy the adjacent delicate bones of the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Cholesteatoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-neoplastic or neoplastic disorder that affects the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the middle ear.
(Middle Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Tumors or cancer of the internal, external, or middle ear.
(Ear Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Representative examples include middle ear polyp and adenoma.
(Benign Middle Ear Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
