Main Entry: tin·ni·tus

Pronunciation: \ˈti-nə-təs, tə-ˈnī-təs\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, ringing, tinnitus, from tinnire to ring, of imitative origin

Date: 1843

: a sensation of noise (as a ringing or roaring) that is caused by a bodily condition (as a disturbance of the auditory nerve or wax in the ear) and typically is of the subjective form which can only be heard by the one affected