otitis
inflammation of the ear.
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How to use otitis in a sentence
By far the most frequent exciting causes of acute otitis media are the pneumococcus and the streptococcus.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddInsurance companies refuse to take risks on the lives of persons affected by chronic otitis media, as it is called scientifically.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe juice of the leaves mixed with cocoanut oil is used in the form of eardrops in suppurative otitis.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraIn America the leaves are used as a poultice in otitis, their action being rubefacient.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraThis accident will be considered when we treat of otitis media, another grave complication.
British Dictionary definitions for otitis
/ (əʊˈtaɪtɪs) /
inflammation of the ear, esp the middle ear (otitis media), with pain, impaired hearing, etc, or the outer ear (otitis externa), with inflammation between the ear drum and the external opening: See also labyrinthitis
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