labyrinthitis

English

Etymology

labyrinth +‎ -itis

Noun

labyrinthitis (countable and uncountable, plural labyrinthites or labyrinthitides)

  1. (pathology) Inflammation of the labyrinth of the inner ear.
    • 1892, Peter McBride, Diseases of the Throat, Nose, & Ear:
      Some years ago, however, Voltolini described the occurrence of cases which, he believed, were only to be accounted for on the supposition that the symptoms were due to primary labyrinthitis.

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