单词 | labyrinthitis |
释义 | labyrinthitisn. Medicine. Inflammation or infection of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear (see labyrinth n. 3a), which commonly causes vertigo; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > [noun] > inflammation otitis1772 labyrinthitis1834 otitis externa1837 otitis interna1839 tympanitis1842 myringitis1857 otitis media1874 mastoiditis1881 mastoid1934 aerotitis media1937 aviator's ear1937 1834 G. H. Weatherhead New Synopsis Nosol. 24 Labyrinthitis. Inflammation of the serous membranes lining the labyrinth of the ear. 1885 Lancet 17 Oct. 729/2 Voltolini has written of acute ‘labyrinthitis’: in this disease the patient is violently attacked with symptoms having the intensity of acute meningitis. 1912 J. G. Adami & J. McCrae Text-bk. Pathol. viii. 519 Extension of the disease [sc. inflammation of the middle ear]..tends to involve the bone in the direction of least resistance, which may lead to extradural inflammation, labyrinthitis, or infection of the lateral sinus. 1957 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 July 212/2 Dr. Coope thought it necessary to distinguish between two types of giddiness, one which was possibly a labyrinthitis in which true vertigo occurred, while the other was a neurotic manifestation. 1982 L. Olivier Confessions of Actor iii. xiii. 222 After the show the doctor came round and informed me that my condition was called labyrinthitis. 2008 Guardian 14 Oct. (G2 section) 16/2 Acute labyrinthitis is..a temporary viral condition that causes sickness and disrupts the balance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1834 |
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