OT
occupational therapy.
ot-
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American
o.t.
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American
abbreviation
O.T.
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American
abbreviation
OT
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British
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occupational therapy
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occupational therapist
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Old Testament
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overtime
ot-
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British
combining form
Usage
What does ot- mean? Ot- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “ear.” It is often used in medical terms, especially in anatomy and pathology. Ot- comes from the Greek oûs, meaning “ear.” Related to the Greek oûs is English’s own word ear; so is the Latin word for ear, auris, which is the ultimate source of such words as aural. Learn more about oûs at our entry for otic, an adjective used in anatomy meaning “of or relating to the ear.”Ot- is a variant of oto-, which loses its -o- when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels. Want to know more? Read our Words That Use oto- article.
Example Sentences
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Philadelphia Eagles: Kadyn Proctor, OT, Alabama — With Lane Johnson near the end of his career, the Eagles need to start developing a huge young successor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
My job slashed OT and now I don’t think I can manage the bills.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 16, 2026
The author observes that “workers under the OT generally suffered the worst possible conditions because the agency specialized in construction,” which meant laboring outside in extreme weather, even while sick, underfed and exhausted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
Erika Flocken, a trained physician who worked for the OT, was the head doctor at the Dachau satellite camp at Mühldorf, which the OT shared with the SS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
An hour before OT on Thursday, I lay my sketchbook open on my desk and flip the pages, hunting for the right words and phrases to put on Jason’s cards.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
It isn’t all that hard to imagine a future in which an early member of “the O.T. family”—Zion, say, or Scottie Lewis—offers Marsach a cookie with real value, such as a free-agency scoop.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 19, 2019
They both appear alongside main attraction and frequent collaborator RJ on the just-released "The Ghetto," as do O.T.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
His future wife, Mary, also an employee of the company, but who had not yet met O.T., watched the tragedy unfold from shore.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 12, 2016
In the O.T., the rebel alliance are the good guys, but in the Clone Wars, the separatists are the rebels with the droid armies.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011
Robertson Smith, “The O.T. in the Jewish Church,” 2nd ed.,
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
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