tinnitus

[ ti-nahy-tuhs, tin-i- ]

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noun

, Pathology.

tinnitus

/ ˈtɪnɪtəs; tɪˈnaɪtəs /

pathol a ringing, hissing, or booming sensation in one or both ears, caused by infection of the middle or inner ear, a side effect of certain drugs, etc

tinnitus

/ tĭn′ĭ-təs,tĭ-nī′- /

A buzzing, ringing, or whistling sound in one or both ears occurring without an external stimulus. Its causes include ear infection or blockage, certain drugs, head injury, and neurologic disease.

First recorded in 1685–95; from Latin tinnītus “a tinkling,” noun use of past participle of tinnīre “to tinkle,” of imitative origin

C19: from Latin, from tinnīre to ring

Alone with the “mausoleum of sounds” that is her memory she must record her past “before it becomes tinnitus and is lost.”

The absence of digestive ill effects, tinnitus, etc., is explained by the small dosage.

The tinnitus, therefore, is rather of the nature of an illusion than of a hallucination.

Tinnitus aurium, or subjective noises in the ear, may constitute a very annoying and persistent symptom.

Deafness and tinnitus are dependent upon the accumulation of epithelium and débris.

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