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Definition of Mastoiditis
1. Noun. Inflammation of the mastoid.
Definition of Mastoiditis
1. n. Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
Definition of Mastoiditis
1. Noun. (pathology) Inflammation of the mastoid; inflammation of the ear. ¹
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Definition of Mastoiditis
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Literary usage of Mastoiditis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1901)
"This question will be answered by different clinicians according as their views
differ as to the limitation of the suppurative otitis and mastoiditis. ..."
2. The Practice of pediatrics by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1918)
"mastoiditis Because of the ease with which pus may enter the mastoid antrum the
complication of mastoiditis is of frequent occurrence in acute aural ..."
3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"mastoiditis The mastoid is not a paranasal sinus, but an accessory cavity of ...
Secondary to otitis media, acute mastoiditis or mastoid disease frequently ..."
4. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"Acute suppurative mastoiditis is practically always secondary to a suppurative
lesion of ... Primary mastoiditis due to syphilitic or tubercular infection, ..."
5. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1920)
"mastoiditis, ACUTE AND SUBACUTE. RESULTS IN A SERIES OF OPERATED CASES* HI LILLIE
AND RA BARLOW In cases of acute and subacute mastoiditis operation is ..."
6. Treatment of the diseases of children by Charles Gilmore Kerley (1909)
"mastoiditis It is not necessary to wait for swelling in the post-auricular region,
or pain or tenderness over the mastoid in order to make a diagnosis of ..."