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Definition of Otitis externa
1. Noun. Inflammation of the external ear (including auricle and ear canal).
Medical Definition of Otitis externa
1. Infection and inflammation of the external ear canal. Symptoms include earache, ear discharge and decreased hearing. (27 Sep 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Otitis Externa
Literary usage of Otitis externa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"Primary otitis externa.—CJM SCHMIDT (Ann. des Mul. de ... Therefore, he has named
this form of otitis externa, connected with the aforesaid disease of the ..."
2. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"otitis externa. OTORRHEA. Involvement of the internal portion of the external
ear with various degrees of inflammation is very common in dogs with long ..."
3. Kennel Diseases: Their Symptoms, Nature, Causes, and Treatment by Joseph Franklin Perry (1903)
"otitis externa. Inflammation of the external ear is a common and often very ...
Various causes for otitis externa have been assigned, and include sudden ..."
4. Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including the Anatomy of the Organ by Anton Friedrich Tröltsch, Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1869)
"DIFFUSE INFLAMMATION OF THE AUDITORY CANAL, OR otitis externa. Periostitis of
the auditory canal, as a rule, not an independent process; different causes ..."
5. Diseases of the Ear: A Text-book for Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Edward Bradford Dench (1909)
"otitis externa acuta of the deep portion of the meatus, indicative of inflammation
of the mastoid. (Natural size.) means, almost invariably, a collection of ..."
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