Median longitudinal ear length greater than two standard deviations above the mean and median ear width greater than two standard deviations above the mean (objective); or, apparent increase in length and width of the pinna (subjective). [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19152421 ]
Synonyms: Large pinnae Large ears
Term information
- UMLS:C1835581
- UMLS:C0152421
- SNOMEDCT_US:275480001
- UMLS:C1850189
- UMLS:C1848570
- UMLS:C1855062
- SNOMEDCT_US:69056000
- UMLS:C1860838
- UMLS:C0554972
hposlim_core
This is acknowledged to be a bundled term but retained here because of its usefulness in practice. Ear length is determined by the maximal distance from the superior aspect to the inferior aspect of the external ear. If only length is increased the term Long ear should be used.
Term relations
- has part some (
increased size and
characteristic of some external ear and
has modifier some abnormal)