- otosclerosis of inner ear
- Innenohrsklerose f
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otosclerosis of inner ear
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otosclerosis — /oh teuh skli roh sis/, n. Pathol. formation of new bone about the stapes or cochlea, resulting in hearing loss. [1895 1900; < NL; see OTO , SCLEROSIS] * * * ▪ pathology ear disorder characterized by the growth of excess bone in the middle… … Universalium
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otosclerosis — otospongiosis; n. a disorder causing deafness in adult life. An overgrowth of the bone of the inner ear leads to the third ear ossicle (the stapes) becoming fixed to the fenestra ovalis, which separates the middle and inner ears, so that sounds… … The new mediacal dictionary
otosclerosis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1901 growth of spongy bone in the inner ear that causes progressively increasing deafness … New Collegiate Dictionary
