mastoiditis

American  

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

noun

Pathology.

1. inflammation of the mastoid process.

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mastoiditis British  

/ ˌmæstɔɪˈdaɪtɪs /

noun

1. inflammation of the mastoid process

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mastoiditis Scientific  

/ măs′toid-ī′tĭs /

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

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Etymology

Origin of mastoiditis

First recorded in 1885–90; mastoid + -itis

Example Sentences

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

It has been effective in postoperative wounds, endocarditis, suppurative mastoiditis, and tonsillitis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two days later he had lain unconscious, strapped to the captain's table, whilst the ship's doctor, a young man, himself in the horrible throes of seasickness, had performed a radical operation for acute mastoiditis.

From The Dark House by Wylie, I. A. R. (Ida Alexa Ross)