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Answer for the clue "Inflammation of the mastoid ", 11 letters:
mastoiditis

Word definitions for mastoiditis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pathology English) inflammation of the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. inflammation of the mastoid

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mastoiditis \Mas`toid*i*tis\, n. [NL. See Mastoid , and -itis .] (Med.) Inflammation in the mastoid process of the temporal bone.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mastoiditis is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind the ear. Specifically, it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process . The mastoid process ...