Sometimes, infections in the middle ear can spread to the air cells in the mastoid bone. If your child has too many infections in the mastoid bone, the bone can become soft. If this happens, that part of the bone must be taken away. Taking away the diseased part of the bone does these things: 1  It stops the spread of infection.  Sometimes the hearing is slightly poorer after the surgery but the procedure stops any more damage to the ear and to your child's hearing.
1798, method of printing from a plate, from French stÃ©rÃ©otype (adj.) printing by means of a solid plate of type, from Greek stereos solid (see sterile) + French type type.. Noun meaning a stereotype plate is from 1817. Meaning image perpetuated without change is first recorded 1850, from the verb in this sense, which is from 1819. Meaning preconceived and oversimplified notion of characteristics typical of a person or group is recorded from 1922.
Dumb blonde is an unkind stereotype. Dumb blonde is an unkind stereotype. The definition of a stereotype is a well-known idea or image of a person or idea that is held by a number of people. An example of stereotype is that blonde-haired women are dumb.