Acou-


Acou-: Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia.

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  • Acoustic

    Acoustic: Having to do with sound or hearing. The acoustic nerve (the 8th cranial nerve) is concerned with hearing and the sense of balance and head position. An acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor on the acoustic nerve.

  • Acoustic nerve

    Acoustic nerve: The eighth cranial nerve which is concerned with hearing, balance, and head position. It branches into two parts’a cochlear part that transmits sound reception for hearing and a vestibular part that senses balance and head position. Also known as the vestibulocochlear nerve.

  • Acoustic neurinoma

    Acoustic neurinoma: A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells — small sheet-like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the nerves. When growth is abnormally excessive, Schwann cells bunch together, pressing […]

  • Acoustic neuroma

    Acoustic neuroma: A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from an overproduction of Schwann cells — small sheet-like cells that normally wrap around nerve fibers like onion skin and help support the nerves. When growth is abnormally excessive, Schwann cells bunch together, pressing […]

  • ACP (American College of Physicians)

    ACP (American College of Physicians): See: American College of Physicians.


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