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A ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears
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tinnitus
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The perception of noise, such as a ringing or beating sound, which has no external source.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although temporary at first, tinnitus can become a permanent, incurable condition. ▪ As it was, all manner of sophisticated tests failed to reveal the cause of the tinnitus . ▪ At the Link Centre a four-day residential study ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1843, from Latin tinnitus "a ringing, jingling," from tinnire "to ring, tinkle" (see tintinnabulation ).
Usage examples of tinnitus.
The disease I host called tinnitus more reliable and above all cheaper than any alarm call woke me promptly at nine.
The screen now showed a crater-field of dead cars, the frazzled heaps pummelled to the sound of tinnitus, a new necropolis of old American gods.
The tinnitus was operational pretty well full time, and that toothache of mine got much more complicated: it would kick me awake with sirens of pain, loud, inordinate, braiding, twisting, like currents in a river.
Spurred by all this travel and transfer, the disease I have called tinnitus tunnelled deep and desperate into the corners of my head.
I found there was a name to what I was hearing: tinnitus, and it was driving me mad.
He knew from long experience that the tinnitus would fade after an hour or so.
Bashir lost track of the words under a wire-thin thread of tinnitus that he felt more than really heard.
Pollock regaled them with the story of her miracle cure for tinnitus, but Sally was too busy grabbing her bag and jacket.
This caused debilitating vertigo and extreme tinnitus, or a roaring in the ears, all culminating in a rupture of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery and causing hemorrhaging into the anterior and middle cranial fossae inside the base of the skull.
When she said it, Wednesday suddenly realized that she could: the pink noise field was like tinnitus, scratching away at the edges of her implant perceptions.
Spurred by all this travel and transfer, the disease I have called tinnitus tunnelled deep and desperate into the corners of my head.