otosclerosis
Meanings
noun
- Sclerosis of the tissues of the labyrinth and middle ear.
- Loss of hearing due to injury of the auditory nerve by certain drugs and poisons, such as quinine and tobacco.
- Loss of the ability to understand the spoken word, although the sound is heard.
Word forms
Etymology
From oto- + sclerosis.
Related words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.