microtia
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- noun
- /maɪˈkɔrʃə/
- Specialized
- Microtia can cause psychological morbidity, and surgical repair results in significant relief (3).
- microtia type
- microtia patients
- microtia reconstruction
Examples
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Males are affected more than females, and most cases of microtia are unilateral with a higher rate of occurrence on the right side.
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Classification systems have been developed to facilitate diagnosis, surgical repair, and research studies of microtia.
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Auricular reconstruction for microtia: A review of available methods.
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From 2007 to 2010, a total of 96 consecutive microtia patients were treated accordingly.
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Nagata (6) defined five types of microtia based on the surgical technique for each deformity.
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According to accepted microtia classifications, 61 cases were lobular and 35 were concha type.
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In the present study, the authors recorded the volume of suction exudate in microtia reconstruction and elaborated on the relevant details of controlling negative suction.
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Microtia is a condition where a child is born with an microtia, which is an underdeveloped external ear.
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Children with microtia often require surgical procedures to reconstruct their ear.
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The doctor explained that microtia can affect hearing due to the size of the outer ear.
How Underdeveloped
- Specialized
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
microtia = micro + ot + ia
The word contains the classical combining form micro- 'small', but the ear element is not a transparent standalone English base, so ordinary learners cannot reliably recover the meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Microtia breaks into micro- ('small'), the same micro- you see in microchip, and -otia ('ear'), so it literally means 'small ear'. That's why microtia is the name for the condition present at birth when the outer ear is very small and not fully formed.