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#5280 - 04/06/03 09:52 AM osteo/ostiomeatal
girllimberlost girllimberlost Member Registered: 02/22/01 Posts: 2409 Loc: spanish fork, ut, usa	I have spelled this osteomeatal my whole MT career. My Tessier's Surgical lists it as osteomeatal. My Dorland's spell checker likes ostiomeatal, but I cannot find either spelling in either my dictionary or my medical speller. A Google search of each term comes up with equal numbers and seemingly equal sources. I did a search on the Desk to see if this has been discussed before, but I had a page failure, so I am not sure if it has or not. HELP!!! (Daylight Savings paying havoc on my nerves...)
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#5281 - 04/06/03 10:00 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
Ibanmt Ibanmt Member Registered: 01/31/03 Posts: 1048 Loc: At my desk...	I found this in my Stedman's electronic dictionary: ostiomeatal complex point where the frontal and maxillary sinuses normally drain into the nasal cavity; obstruction produces inflammation of affected sinus cavities. Syn: ostiomeatal unit.
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#5282 - 04/06/03 12:24 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
Kathy G Kathy G Member Registered: 12/31/69 Posts: 2211 Loc: Portland, Oregon	If I had to make the decision I'd go with ostio because it is a combining form taken from ostium, a small opening. Since osteo is a prefix referring to bone, it doesn't seem to fit as well, unless one considers this area (the osteomeatal/ostiomeatal complex) a bony structure, which I guess you could. Sure does show up a lot of places both ways. An interesting question.
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#5283 - 04/06/03 12:43 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
Carolyne Carolyne Member Registered: 12/30/00 Posts: 1123 Loc: Phoenix, AZ	http://onelook.com/ Both definitions came from Dorland's using OneLook.com osteomeatal (os·teo·me·at·al) (oste-o-me-at[schwa]l) pertaining to a nasal meatus and one of the bones of the face. ostiomeatal (os·tio·me·a·tal) (oste-o-me-at[schwa]l) [ostium + meatal] pertaining to the opening of the urinary, nasal, or acoustic meatus.
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#5284 - 04/06/03 01:11 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
mtag mtag Member Registered: 07/09/01 Posts: 1067 Loc: North AL	Stedman's ENT word book uses the ostiomeatal spelling, so that's what I've always gone with. I also agree with the ostium/ostiomeatal line of thinking, as it just makes sense.
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#5285 - 04/06/03 02:11 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
girllimberlost girllimberlost Member Registered: 02/22/01 Posts: 2409 Loc: spanish fork, ut, usa	Since he seems to be speaking of the opening, I will go with ostiomeatal. My original thinking was along the line of bone also. Finding it in Tessier just confirmed that for me. I guess I am going to have to think about this one for awhile. (And since the doctor asked for it to be spelled ostiomeatal, I will defer to him... who'da thunk it...)
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#5286 - 04/06/03 03:13 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
carolT carolT Member Registered: 07/06/99 Posts: 1637 Loc: Canada	From Vera Pyle's Current Medical Terminology: quote: ostiomeatal -- denoting the opening of the auditory, nasal, or urinary meatus. The word does not have anything to do with osteo (bone). carolT [ 04-06-2003: Message edited by: carolT ]
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#5287 - 04/06/03 04:07 PM Re: osteo/ostiomeatal
KellyRat KellyRat Member Registered: 10/30/00 Posts: 3514 Loc: Southern California	I had a radiologist who made a HUGE deal out of this. It is ostiomeatal. I can't remember the reference he came up with, but he took the time to show us a reference and he even drew us a picture of the ostiomeatal complex. He was one of those rare ones that ALWAYS spelled stuff correctly. Nice guy; unfortunately, he left the area. However, I will never forget that term after the time he took to "prove it." Kelly
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