myr·in·gi·tis

(mîr′ĭn-jī′tĭs)

Inflammation of the tympanic membrane. Also called tympanitis.

[Modern Latin myringa or myrinx, myring-, tympanic membrane (from Late Latin mēninga, meninx, from Greek mēninx) + -itis.]

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myringitis

(ˌmɪrɪnˈdʒaɪtɪs)

(Medicine) an inflammation of the eardrum

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Translations

my·rin·gi·tis

n. miringitis, infl. del tímpano.

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myringitis

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References in periodicals archive

Terms myringitis and myringoplastica don't associate on the name of the involved structure-eardrum (membrana tympanica) because they are derived from the term myringa (Stamatakos; Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 2013).

Relevancia Clinica de la Terminologia Anatomica Oficial: La Importancia de Usar Sinonimos

MRSA has been reported to be more frequent in patients with COM than in those with acute otitis externa and myringitis and to be more frequent in patients with suppurative OM than in those with acute tonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess.

Differences in Antibiotic Resistance of MRSA Infections in Patients with Various Types of Otitis Media

During that encounter, she was also noted to have right bullous myringitis (purulent inflammation of the tympanic membrane), right parotitis suspected to be mumps, and suspected pneumonia.

Complications of mumps during a university outbreak among students who had received 2 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine--Iowa, July 2015-May 2016

Extra pulmonary abnormalities seen in mycoplasma infections include hemolysis, skin rash, chemical hepatitis, encephalitis, meningitis, rhythm disturbance, congestive heart failure, myocarditis, glomerulonephritis, polyarthralgia, myalgia, otitis media, and bullous myringitis [5, 6].

A Rare Case of Cavitary Lesion of the Lung Caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in an Immunocompetent Patient

(i) Adventitious breath sounds (rales/crackles, rhonchi, wheezes) (ii) Decreased intensity of breath sounds (iii) Dullness to percussion (iv) Lymphadenopathy (v) Pleural friction rub (vi) Bradycardia (a) (vii) Periodontal disease (b) (viii) Bullous myringitis (c) (ix) Cutaneous nodules (d) (a) may indicate Legionella etiology; (b) may indicate an anaerobic and/or polymicrobial infection; (c) may indicate a Mycoplasma pneumonia infection; (d) may indicate a Nocardia infection via hematogenous spread from a pulmonary focus.

Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Case Report and Current Treatment Dilemmas

Otitis media is a complex and multifactorial condition with four defined stages: myringitis, acute otitis media, secretory (serous) otitis media, and chronic otitis media.

Association between chiropractic and pediatric classroom hours of microbiology with patterns of diagnosis of children with otitis media, upper respiratory or ear infection between 1995 and 2015

Other group of patients have granular myringitis. Very small number of patients fall in this group.

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Although redness of the TM is an early sign of otitis media, it is not diagnostic on its own as there are numerous other causes, including crying, otitis externa, myringitis and barotrauma.

The role of appropriate diagnostic testing in acute respiratory tract infections: an antibiotic stewardship strategy to minimise diagnostic uncertainty in primary care