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FIGHTER'S EAR

\fˈa͡ɪtəz ˈi͡ə], \fˈa‍ɪtəz ˈi‍ə], \f_ˈaɪ_t_ə_z ˈiə]\

Definitions of FIGHTER'S EAR

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A crumpled state of the ear, sometimes seen in boxers and football players, in which a hematoma of the ear, due to a blow, has been infected with resulting perichondritis and loss of portions of the cartilage.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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