Definition of Otoscopy

1. n. The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

Definition of Otoscopy

1. Noun. (medicine) The visual examination of the inner ear using an otoscope ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Otoscopy

1. the use of an otoscope [n -PIES] - See also: otoscope

Medical Definition of Otoscopy

1. The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otoscopy

otorhinolaryngology
otorrha
otorrhea
otorrheas
otorrhoea
otorrhoeas
otorrhœal
otosalpinx
otoscleroses
otosclerosis
otoscope
otoscopeic
otoscopes
otoscopic
otoscopies
otoscopy (current term)
otosteal
otosteals
ototoxic
ototoxicities
ototoxicity
ototoxin
ototoxins
otozoum
ottar
ottars
ottava
ottava rima
ottavas
ottavino

Literary usage of Otoscopy

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

1. Otitis Media with Effusion in Young Children: Clinical Practice Guideline by Sylvan E. Stool (1998)
"otoscopy and Pneumatic otoscopy Recommendation: The diagnostic evaluation of ... otoscopy alone (without the use of the pneumatic otoscope to test tympanic ..."

2. A Manual of Diseases of the Nose, Throat, and Ear by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1918)
"otoscopy otoscopy is the art of inspecting the visible parts of the ear. ... The specula used in otoscopy are funnel-shaped instruments constructed of hard ..."

3. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technic: A Manual of Practical Procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1915)
"otoscopy otoscopy is the inspection of the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane ... Instruments for otoscopy. I, Head mirror; 2, aural specula; 3, ..."

4. Essentials of the Diseases of the Ear: Arranged in the Form of Questions and by Edward Baldwin Gleason (1902)
"otoscopy. What is otoscopy? otoscopy is the art of inspecting the visible parts of the ear. Ordinarily these parts are the auricle, the external auditory ..."

5. Diseases of infants and children by Henry Dwight Chapin, Godfrey Roger Pisek (1915)
"otoscopy, if there has been a previous perforation, may show a decrease in the amount of discharge, but the pus may show that some retention in the deeper ..."

6. A Handbook of medical diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1911)
"otoscopy. General Considerations.—Local affections of the nose, throat, or ears may give rise either to local or constitutional symptoms, ..."

7. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"otoscopy OF THE TYMPANIC CAVITY The posterior end of the exterior auditory canal is sharply demarcated in the ..."

8. Atlas and Epitome of Otology by Gustav Brühl, Seth MacCuen Smith (1902)
"OtosCOpy.—Since the light that directly enters the auditory meatus docs not suffice to illuminate the canal and the drumhead, we use a stronger source of ..."

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