mastoiditis
ma staw i dahy tuhs
- n inflammation of the mastoid
- Antibiotics have all but routed mastoiditis, an inflammation of bone cells behind the inner ear and, along with vaccines, helped bring whooping cough and diphtheria under control.
- When his brother, John Simon, died in 1922 of mastoiditis, his parents established in his memory the famed Guggenheim Foundation (for international study), now capitalized at $7 .
- It has been effective in postoperative wounds, endocarditis, suppurative mastoiditis, and tonsillitis.