Definition of Otology

1. Noun. The branch of medicine concerned with the ear.

Examples of category: Fenestration, Auditory Apparatus, Fenestra
Generic synonyms: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Specialized synonyms: Audiology, Audiometry
Derivative terms: Otologist

Definition of Otology

1. n. The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.

Definition of Otology

1. Noun. (medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the ear, its structure, function and pathology. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Otology

1. the science of the ear [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Otology

1. The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases. Origin: Oto-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otology

otolaryngologist
otolaryngologists
otolaryngology
otolite
otolith
otolithic
otolithic membrane
otoliths
otolitic
otologic
otologic surgical procedures
otological
otologies
otologist
otologists
otology (current term)
otomandibular dysostosis
otomandibular syndrome
otomucormycosis
otomycosis
otoneuralgia
otoneurologic
otopalatodigital
otopalatodigital syndrome
otopathies
otopathy
otopharyngeal
otopharyngeal tube
otoplasties
otoplasty

Literary usage of Otology

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

1. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1922)
"JAMS H. MCCLELLAND, MD, Instructor in Laryngology, otology and ... Grr P. DOTLE, MD, Assistant in Laryngology, otology and ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1891)
"Sketch of Kramer's Career.—Discovery of Artificial Membrana Tympani.—Yearsley.—Wilde and his great Work in otology. —The Text-books of Toynbee, ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"It has occurred to me that to those who have taken pains to master the elements of otology certain difficulties must occasionally present themselves. ..."

4. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1909)
"BY ARTHUR B. DUEL, MD IN reviewing the literature of otology for the past year, ... Unusual interest in this phase of otology was awakened in America by the ..."

5. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Ear: Including a Sketch of Aural by Daniel Bennett St. John Roosa (1885)
"It is with no desire to recount the details of the long and painful story of the gropings in the dark, which have characterized the teachings on otology ..."

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