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| ID | DOID:14435 |
| PURL | http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_14435 Copy |
| Name | chronic tubotympanic suppurative otitis media |
| Definition | A suppurative otitis media which is an inflammatory disease of the middle ear cleft characterized by the presence of a persisting perforation within the pars tensa of the tympanic membrane, intermittent profuse muco-purulent otorrhea and gradually progressive conductive hearing loss of more than 12 weeks duration. It is caused by episodes of upper respiratory infections. http://books.google.com/books?id=Dvl0V7DzoSMC&pg=PA101&lpg#v=onepage&q=&f=false |
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SNOMEDCT_US_2025_09_01:87665008 |
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