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Mastoiditis

Definition: Mastoiditis

Mastoiditis

Noun

1. Inflammation of the mastoid.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Mastoiditis \Mas`toid*i*tis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Mastoid, and -itis.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Mastoiditis

DomainDefinitions

Health

Inflammation of the cavity and air cells in the mastoid part of the temporal bone. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Mastoiditis

Non-English Usage: "Mastoiditis" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (mastoiditis), Dutch (mastoiditis), German (mastoiditis).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mastoiditis

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  mastoiditis

119

  mastoiditis treatment

6

  mastoiditis symptom

4

  chronic mastoiditis

3

  acute mastoiditis

3
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Modern Translations: Mastoiditis

Language Translations for "mastoiditis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

mastoiditis. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

mastoiditis. (various references)

   

French

  

mastoidite. (various references)

   

German

  

Mastoiditis, Entzuendung des Felsenbeins. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μαστοειδίτισ. (various references)

   

Italian

  

mastoidite. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

astoiditismay

   

Portuguese

  

mastoidite. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

mastoiditis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Mastoiditis"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "mastoiditis" (pronounced ma'stoydī"tus)
4-ī" t u sarthritis, bronchitis, detritus, encephalitis, gastritis, hepatitis, laryngitis, meningitis, osteoarthritis, situs.
3-t u sapparatus, apprentice, armistice, asbestos, berettas, cactus, calamitous, circuitous, countess, duplicitous, emeritus, eucalyptus, felicitous, fetus, fortuitous, glottis, gratis, gratuitous, gravitas, hiatus, hostess, impetus, injustice, justice, lattice, lettuce, Lotus, malpractice, margaritas, momentous, notice, portentous, poultice, precipitous, priestess, prophetess, prospectus, riotous, robustas, serendipitous, solicitous, status, Stratus, tortoise, treatise, ubiquitous.

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Anagrams: Mastoiditis

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-i-i-i-m-o-s-s-t-t"

-2 letters: idiotisms.

-3 letters: amitosis, atomists, idiotism, mastitis, mastoids, mattoids.

-4 letters: atomist, daimios, diatoms, dismast, iodisms, mastoid, mattoid, missaid, mitosis, simioid, statism.

-5 letters: admits, amidst, daimio, dattos, diatom, dittos, idioms, idiots, iodism, maists, midsts, miosis, odists, otitis, sadism, sadist, stoats, stomas, toasts, tsadis.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-i-i-i-m-o-s-s-t-t"
 

+2 letters: mastoiditides.

 

+4 letters: administrations, traditionalisms.

 

+5 letters: demystifications, maldistributions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Mastoiditis


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 61 73 74 6F 69 64 69 74 69 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101111 01101001 01100100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#97 &#115 &#116 &#111 &#105 &#100 &#105 &#116 &#105 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0061 0073 0074 006F 0069 0064 0069 0074 0069 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4767858681757075867585

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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