Medical Terminology Simplified

2. Was the anesthetic administered behind or in front of the eyeball?


3. How much movement remained in the eye following anesthesia?


4. Where was the hemorrhage located?


5. What type of vitrectomy was undertaken?


6. Why was the eye left soft?

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 11-2

OTITIS MEDIA

Terminology

Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Otitis Mediathat follows. Use a medical dictionary
such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, the appendices of this book, or other resources to define each term.
Then practice reading the pronunciations aloud for each term.

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Term Definition

cholesteatoma

kō-lē-stē-ă-TŌ-mă

ENT

general anesthesia

ăn-ĕs-THĒ-zē-ă

mucoserous

mū-kō-SĒR-ŭs

otitis media

ō-TĪ-tĭs MĒ-dē-ă

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