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aurist

American  
[awr-ist] / ˈɔr ɪst /

noun

  1. a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.


aurist British  
/ ˈɔːrɪst /

noun

  1. a former name for audiologist See audiologist

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aurist

First recorded in 1670–80; aur- 2 + -ist


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The aurist said it would be his ruin when it became known that he had been the cause of so much suffering and danger to his grace.

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon

You must be an aurist when you come to the ear.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

He was chest doctor, and doctor for every other organ as well; he was accoucheur and surgeon; he was oculist and aurist; he was dentist and chloroformist, besides being chemist and druggist.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

This truly important discovery for the cure of deafness, obviating as it does all the former dangerous and fatal operations, has been made by the eminent aurist, DR.

From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell

A year after her illness Mr. Covington heard of an aurist in Germany who had a European reputation, and he and Mrs. Covington took Hilda over to him.

From The Lost Heir by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

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