aerotitis media
(also aero-otitis media) Medicine
noun
Acute or chronic inflammation of the middle ear caused by an imbalance between the pressure of the ambient air and that in the middle ear; compare aviator's ear).
- Now usually called barotrauma (of the ear)..
Origin
1930s. From aero- + otitis media.
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