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Tinnitus

//ˈtɪn.ɪ.təs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a ringing or booming sensation in one or both ears; a symptom of an ear infection or Meniere's disease wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tinnītus (“a jingling, ringing”).

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