glue ear
B1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
The lay and clinical term for chronic otitis media with effusion, in which thick fluid impairs hearing.
We recommended a period of watchful waiting before considering grommets for her glue ear.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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