n.
Pronunciation: ' ti-n ə -t ə s, t ə - ' n ī -t ə s
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