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vestibular neuronitis

noun/vɛˈstɪbjʊlə ˌnjʊərəˈnaɪtɪs/

C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Acute sustained vertigo attributed to inflammation of the vestibular nerve, without hearing loss.

The absence of auditory symptoms distinguished vestibular neuronitis from labyrinthitis.

Topic: ENT in Medical English

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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