tympanitis

[ tim-puh-nahy-tis ]

nounPathology.

inflammation of the middle ear; otitis media.

Origin of tympanitis

First recorded in 1790–1800; tympan(um) + -itis

Words Nearby tympanitis

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How to use tympanitis in a sentence

There was no fever or tympanitis, and this time but little pain.
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The temperature had fallen from 104 to 101, and the tympanitis was almost entirely gone.
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I have already referred to a case in which after recovery the bowels were greatly disturbed by tympanitis for years.
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Of tympanitis there was none till near death, and then but little.
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British Dictionary definitions for tympanitis

tympanitis

/ (ˌtɪmpəˈnaɪtɪs) /

noun

inflammation of the eardrum: Also called: otitis media

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