What is another word for mastoiditis?

Pronunciation: [mˌastɔ͡ɪdˈa͡ɪtɪs] (IPA)

Mastoiditis is a relatively uncommon bacterial infection that affects the mastoid bone, a prominent bone behind the ear. It is a painful condition that can cause inflammation, swelling, redness, and tenderness. Mastoiditis can be treated with antibiotics, but in more severe cases, surgery may be necessary to drain the infected area. Synonyms for mastoiditis include mastoid abscess, mastoid empyema, and acute mastoiditis. These terms are often used interchangeably to describe an infection of the mastoid bone. While mastoiditis is a serious condition, early detection and treatment can improve the success of recovery and prevent any long term complications.

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Usage examples for Mastoiditis

As mastoid complications may be mentioned: suppurative mastoiditis, leading to destruction of the bone, mastoid fistula, and sub-periosteal mastoid abscess.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
In some cases the pus escapes into the external auditory meatus by perforating its posterior wall; in others a sinus forms on the inner side of the apex of the mastoid, and the pus burrows in the digastric fossa under the sterno-mastoid-Bezold's mastoiditis.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Now if this tube swells so much that it entirely closes, as so often happens in cases of "cold in the head" as well as in constant irritation from adenoids, then may follow a vast train of difficulties-earache, mastoiditis, etc.
"The Mother and Her Child"
William S. Sadler Lena K. Sadler

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