otitis externa

[ ik-stur-nuh ]

/ ɪkˈstɜr nə /

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noun Pathology.

inflammation of the external ear.

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Origin of otitis externa

1860–65; <New Latin: external otitis

Words nearby otitis externa

otic vesicle, otiose, Otis, otitic meningitis, otitis, otitis externa, otitis externa circumscripta, otitis externa diffusa, otitis furunculosa, otitis interna, otitis media

How to use otitis externa in a sentence

By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Insurance companies refuse to take risks on the lives of persons affected by chronic otitis media, as it is called scientifically.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
The juice of the leaves mixed with cocoanut oil is used in the form of eardrops in suppurative otitis.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera
In America the leaves are used as a poultice in otitis, their action being rubefacient.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines|T. H. Pardo de Tavera

The middle coat usually escapes, but the tunica externa is generally thickened.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Medical definitions for otitis externa

otitis externa

[ ĭk-stûr′nə ]

Inflammation of the external auditory canal.