Definition of Otalgia

1. Noun. An ache localized in the middle or inner ear.

Exact synonyms: Earache
Generic synonyms: Ache, Aching

Definition of Otalgia

1. n. Pain in the ear; earache.

Definition of Otalgia

1. Noun. (pathology) earache ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Otalgia

1. pain in the ear [n -S] : OTALGIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Otalgia

1. Pain in the ear; earache. Origin: NL, fr. Gr., the ear + pain: cf. F. Otalgie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otalgia

ostrobogulous
ostruble
ostrubles
osumilite
osumilites
oswaldpeetersite
ot-
otacoustic
otacousticon
otacousticons
otaheite apple
otaku
otakukin
otakus
otalgia (current term)
otalgias
otalgic
otalgics
otalgies
otalgy
otaman
otamans
otaries
otarine
otary
otavite
otelixizumab
oth
otheoscope

Literary usage of Otalgia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"SOME of the following cases of otalgia and inflammation of the ear were presented by ... Sometimes it is found that even when otalgia is very severe indeed, ..."

2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the ear: Including the Anatomy of by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1881)
"True otalgia is a very rare affection. After some fourteen years of practice in ... otalgia may occur as a consequence of malarial poisoning, syphilis, ..."

3. Manual of Diseases of the Ear: Including Those of the Nose and Throat in by Thomas Barr (1896)
"I. otalgia. PAIN is not infrequently complained of in the ear, when objective examination shows no inflammatory process to be present. ..."

4. Special Pathology and Diagnostics: With Therapeutic Hints by Charles Godlove Raue (1882)
"It is of much rarer occurrence than otalgia accompanying otitis. ... Plant, raaj., "is our sheet-anchor for otalgia independent of organic lesions. ..."

5. Oral Abscesses by Kurt Hermann Thoma (1916)
"otalgia or pain referable to the ear may ... (otalgia.) The patient, a young lady, referred to me by another patient, complained of earache ..."

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