otitis

(o-ti'(te')tis). G. ous{ot-), ear, -f -it is.] Inflammation of the ear. o. croupo'sa, o. extern a with the formation of a false membrane. 0. desquamati'va, u. extern a with a copious branny desquamation, o. diphtherit'ica, 0. crouposa, diphtheritic inflammation of the external auditory meatus, o. ezter'na, inflammation of the external auditory canal, o. exter'na cir cum scrip'ta, furunculosis of the external auditory canal, o. exter'na diflFu'sa, inflammation of the entire extent of the external auditory meatus. o. exter'na hsmorrhag'ica, inflammation, marked by the presence of one or more vesicles filled with blood on the wall of the bony portion of the external auditory canal, o. furunculo'sa, o. extern a cir cum script a, o. inter'na, inflammation of the lining membrane of the labyrinth; sometimes, in Germany especially, synonymous with o. media, o. in'tim a, o. intern a, o. labyrin'thica, o. intern a, o. mastoid'ea, mastoidal antritis, inflammation of the mastoid antrum and cells, o. me'dia, inflammation of the middle ear, or tympanum, o. me'dia catarrhal is, simple catarrhal inflammation of the middle ear. 0. me'dia purulen'ta, u. media suppurativa. 0. me'dia sclerot'ica, dry catarrh of the middle ear, chronic inflammation of the middle ear with implication of the labyrinth, o. me'dia suppurati'va, suppurative inflammation of the middle ear. o. mycot'ica, a fungous growth in the external auditory meatus, usually of Aspergillus niger. o. paras it'ica, o. mycotita. 0. sclerofica, u. media sclerotic a.