| ADRDA | Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Association |
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| CELDIC | Commission on Emotional and Learning Disorders in Children |
| DDRT | diseases, disorders and related topics |
| DIMS | disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep |
| DSM | dextrose solution mixture; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual [of Mental Disorders]; Diploma in Socia... |
| ear tube surgery | The removal of fluid (often infected) from the middle ear space by creating a incision in the eardrum. Ear tubes may be placed to maintain chronic drainage for several months. Indicated in cases of chronic or recurrent otitis media. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| ear tumour | A disorder where there are noncancerous lumps or growths within the ear canal or on the pinna of the ear (external ear). most lumps are sebaceous cysts but some are bony overgrowths known as exostoses (or osteomas). If large enough they may interfere with hearing. In this case surgical removal may be required. (27 Sep 1997) |
| ear wax | The ear canal is shaped somewhat like an hourglass. The skin on the outer part of the canal has special glands that produce earwax. The purpose of this natural wax is to repel water and to trap dust and sand particles. Usually a small amount of wax accumulates, and then dries up and falls out of the ear canal caring with it unwanted particles. Ear wax is helpful in normal amounts and serves to coat the skin of the ear canal where it acts as a temporary water repellent. The absence of ear wax may result in dry, itchy ears, and even infection. See: cerumen. (12 Dec 1998) |
| jew's-ear | <botany> A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, or Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| joints of ear bones | The joints of the ossicular chain consisting of incudomallear joint, incudostapedeal joint, and the tympanostapedeal syndesmosis. Synonym: articulationes ossiculorum auditus, joints of ear bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jugular wall of middle ear | The floor of the tympanic cavity; a thin plate of bone separating the tympanic cavity from the jugular fossa. Synonym: paries jugularis cavi tympani, fundus tympani, inferior wall of tympanic cavity, jugular wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external ear | Which includes the auricle and the external acoustic, or auditory, meatus; the middle ear or the tympanic cavity with its ossicles; and the internal ear or inner ear, or labyrinth, which includes the saemicircular canals, vestibule, and cochlea. See: auricle. Synonym: auris. Origin: A.S. Eare (05 Mar 2000) |
| eye-ear plane | A standard craniometric reference plane passing through the right and left porion and the left orbitale; drawn on the profile radiograph or photograph from the superior margin of the acoustic meatus to the orbitale. Synonym: auriculo-infraorbital plane, eye-ear plane, Frankfort horizontal plane, Frankfort plane, infraorbitomeatal plane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine wall of middle ear | A bony layer separating the middle from the internal ear or labyrinth; it contains the fenestra vestibuli and the fenestra cochleae. Synonym: paries labyrinthicus cavi tympani, labyrinthine wall of middle ear, medial wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral wall of middle ear | The wall formed mainly by the tympanic membrane. Synonym: paries membranaceus cavi tympani, lateral wall of middle ear, membranous wall of middle ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lion's ear | <botany> A name given in Western South America to certain plants with shaggy tomentose leaves, as species of Culcitium, and Espeletia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lop-ear | Congenital deformity of the external ear, with poor development of helix and anthelix. Synonym: bat ear. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low-set ear | An ear positionned below its normal location. Classified as a minor anomaly. Technically, the ear is low-set when the helix (of the ear) meets the cranium at a level below that of a horizontal plane through both inner canthi (the inside corners of the eyes). The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child increases the probability that the child has a major malformation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| adjustment disorders | Maladaptive reactions to identifiable psychosocial stressors occurring within a short time after onset of the stressor. They are manifested by either impairment in social or occupational functioning or by symptoms (depression, anxiety, etc.) that are in excess of a normal and expected reaction to the stressor. (12 Dec 1998) |
| affective disorders | A class of mental disorder's characterised by a disturbance in mood. (05 Mar 2000) |