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tinniti

tinniti is the plural of tinnitus.

Meaning of tinnitus

Noun

tinnitus (countable and uncountable, plural tinnituses or (hypercorrect, rare) tinniti)

  1. (otolaryngology) The experience of auditory sensations, such as a ringing or pulsating sound, occurring in the absence of any external stimulus.
    Synonyms:
    acouasm

Origin of tinniti

Erroneously formed by treating the etymon of tinnitus, Latin tinnītus, as a masculine noun of the second declension, in which, in the nominative case, the singular form ends in -us and the plural form in -i.

Questions about tinniti

What is tinniti the plural of?
Tinniti is the plural of tinnitus.

Words near tinniti in the dictionary

  1. tinniola
  2. tinniolum
  3. Tinnion
  4. Tinniswood
  5. Tinniswoods
  6. tinniti
  7. tinnitic
  8. tinnitis
  9. tinnitogram
  10. tinnitograms
  11. tinnitus

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