See Also: otocerebritis(medicine)

lingering (iou) and otocerebritis (medicine)


lingering (iou)



lingering adjective. M16.
[from LINGER verb + -ING2.]
gen. That lingers. M16.
Esp. of illness: slow, painfully protracted. Formerly also, of a poison: characterized by slow action. L16.
lingeringly adverb L16.

otocerebritis (medicine)


otocerebritis -->
otoencephalitis
Inflammation of the brain by extension of the process from the middle ear and mastoid cells.

Synonym: otocerebritis.

Origin: oto-+ G. Enkephalos, brain, + -itis, inflammation