| 单词 | surfer's ear |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurfer's ear surfer's ear n. (also surfers’ ear) (a) = swimmer's ear n. at swimmer n. Additions (now rare); (b) a condition characterized by the presence of bony outgrowths (exostoses) in the ear canal, usually associated with long-term exposure to cold water and sometimes resulting in hearing loss; (also) a case of this or ear affected by this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of ear > [noun] > other disorders of ear Ménière's disease1871 otosclerosis1901 Ménière's syndrome1935 barotrauma1937 surfer's ear1943 glue ear1960 tympanosclerosis1961 1943 Med. Jrnl. Austral. 2 438/2 ‘Tropical ear’ is also known by various terms in different parts of the world—namely, ‘Singapore ear’, ‘Panama ear’, ‘surfer's ear’, ‘hot weather ear’—and technically, as ‘otitis externa diffusa’ and also ‘desquamative external otitis’. 1977 Arch. Otolaryngol. 103 58/1 An increasing number of cases of hyperostosis of the ear canal... These ‘surfer's ears’ are an extreme form of the more common bony exostosis, which often develops in active swimmers. 2006 J. Wilson-Howarth Bugs, Bites & Bowels (new ed.) 194 Surfers who frolic in chilly seas like those around the British Isles have their very own special affliction: surfers' ear. < as lemmas |
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