| A | B |
|---|
| Stapedectomy | Surgical removal of the stapes |
| Tympanoplasty | Performed to repair defects in the eardrum and/or middle ear |
| Tympanotomy | Surgical incision into the eardrum |
| Mastoidectomy | Removal of the bony partitions that form the mastoid air cells |
| Otitis media | Inflammation of the middle ear. |
| Myringotomy | Incision into the tympanic membrane |
| Oval window | opening in the middle ear leading to the inner ear |
| Otitis externa | Infection of the outer ear |
| Ossicles | Three bones of the middle ear |
| Epistaxis | Nosebleed |
| Ethmoidectomy | Surgical removal of the contents of the ethmoid sinus |
| Rhinoplasty | Surgical reconstruction of the nose |
| Polypectomy | Surgical excison of polyps |
| Submucous resection | Performed for deviated nasal septum |
| Caldwell Luc | Procedure performed on the maxillary sinus |
| Otosclerosis | Bony overgrowth of the stapes |
| Cholesteatoma | benign growth in the mastoid cavity |
| Tinnitus | Ringing in the ears |
