Lexic.us

Definition of Tinnitus

1. Noun. A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease.

Definition of Tinnitus

1. n. A ringing, whistling, or other imaginary noise perceived in the ears; -- called also tinnitus aurium.

Definition of Tinnitus

1. Noun. The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tinnitus

1. a ringing sound in the ears [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Tinnitus

1. A noise in the ears, as ringing, buzsing, roaring, clicking, etc. Such sounds may at times be heard by others than the patient. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinnitus

Literary usage of Tinnitus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1886)
"Finally, tinnitus may be noticed in cases of inflammation of the middle ear where fluid ... tinnitus so produced resembles a bubbling or crackling sound. ..."

2. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"In some cases tinnitus is the only symptom of which the patient is conscious, and there may be little else that is abnormal either in the physical or the ..."

3. Handbook of Electro-therapeutics by Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1883)
"ive hearing, and constant, extremely severe tinnitus in both ears as the ... Successful electrical treatment of tinnitus a few months ago ; relapse at ..."

4. Special Pathology and Diagnostics: With Therapeutic Hints by Charles Godlove Raue (1882)
"tinnitus Aurium. Variable as sounds and noises, so also is the character of ... We might, however, discern two distinct groups of tinnitus aurium : 1, ..."

5. Modern Surgical Therapeutics: A Compendium of Current Formulæ, Approved by George Henry Napheys (1878)
"In those forms of tinnitus, dependent on inaction of muscles, ... When the tinnitus arises from pressure of cerumen upon the membrana tympani, the treatment ..."

6. Transactions (1877)
"In the same number of the Archives, Dr. Theobald maintains that " tinnitus aurium is to be attributed in almost all cases, whether associated with aural ..."

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