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

Antibiotics have all but routed mastoiditis, an inflammation of bone cells behind the inner ear and, along with vaccines, helped bring whooping cough and diphtheria under control.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was suffering from mastoiditis, of course, and Ambrose Paré was clever enough to find it out, and might have saved his life if he had been allowed to have his way.

From In Château Land by Wharton, Anne Hollingsworth