Ménière's disease

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:07:34

Mé`nière's" dis*ease" (?). Med.

A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician.

 

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