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Definition of Otitis media
1. Noun. Inflammation of the middle ear; common in children.
Definition of Otitis media
1. Noun. (pathology) An inflammation of the middle ear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Otitis media
1. Infection and inflammation of the middle ear space and ear drum. Symptoms include earache, fever and in some cases, diminished hearing. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Otitis Media
Literary usage of Otitis media
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The ABCs of Safe & Healthy Child Care: A Handbook for Child Care Providers by Cynthia M. Hale, Jacqueline A. Polder (2000)
"Earache (otitis media) in the Child Care Setting An earache or ear infection (otitis
... otitis media usually occurs in children under 3 years of age. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Otologists agree that the infection in a large percentage of cases of acute otitis
media proceeds through the Eustachian tube, complicating acute rhinitis ..."
3. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1908)
""Etiology, Symptomatology and Pathology of otitis media Suppurativa Chronica.
... "The Technique of the Radical Operation for otitis media Suppurativa ..."
4. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"Acute Suppurative otitis media; Acute Purulent otitis media »(otitis media Purulenta
... The causes of acute purulent otitis media are the same as those, ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"Suppurative otitis media: Carotid Aneurism.— Socie'te des Sciences Medicales of
Lyons a case of a man, at. 46, of rheumatic but not syphilitic history, ..."
6. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1899)
"REMARKS ON otitis media AND EARACHE IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA OF CHILDREN. ... The oldest
boy, seven years old, had had twice purulent otitis media and numerous ..."
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