aurist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aurist
Example Sentences
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You must be an aurist when you come to the ear.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
And an aurist wastes time, and most likely blunders, when he applies himself to treat eye-diseases.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy
If the pain continues it is wiser to have an aurist lance the drum, to avoid complications, than to wait for the drum membrane to break open spontaneously in his absence.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
In a day or two he is going up to London to consult an aurist, and see whether he can keep his clerkship.
From The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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
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