mastoiditis

American

[mas-toi-dahy-tis] / ˌmæs tɔɪˈdaɪ tɪs /

noun

Pathology.

inflammation of the mastoid process.

mastoiditis British

/ ˌmæstɔɪˈdaɪtɪs /

noun

inflammation of the mastoid process

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mastoiditis Scientific

/ măs′toid-ī′tĭs /

Inflammation of the mastoid process, usually resulting from an acute infection of the middle ear.

Etymology

Origin of mastoiditis

First recorded in 1885–90; mastoid + -itis

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mastoiditis

David Nash died in November 2020 after developing mastoiditis in his ear, which caused an abscess on his brain.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023

Andrew Nash, 56, said: "The mastoiditis is readily treatable with modern antibiotics and it should never have been left to get to the stage where it caused the complication of a brain abscess."

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2021

Serious infections, left untreated, can also cause meningitis or mastoiditis, an infection of the mastoid bone in the skull, which requires surgery.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2013

He said that he had a case of mastoiditis, a child, and would I operate.

From Time Magazine Archive

Severe neuralgia of the ear may simulate the pain of acute mastoiditis, and it must not be forgotten that earache may be traced to a diseased tooth.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

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