0 a condition in which the passage of the outer ear (= the part of the ear that can be seen on the side of the head) becomes swollen and painful:
Otitis externa is inflammation of the outer ear and ear canal.
Only a doctor can make the proper diagnosis of otitis externa.
Otitis externa is very common even among people who have little or no contact with traffic fumes.
The sources of the primary isolates were mainly acute wounds or from otitis externa.
The remaining 11 isolates included six from surgical or trauma wounds and three from ears with otitis externa.
First of all, he suffered from mild chronic otitis externa.
Marked pustular otitis externa is common, with the pinnae frequently being thickened and edematous.
Folliculitis of the ear canal hair may cause acute localized otitis externa.
