otalgia

[oh-tal-jee-uh, -juh]

noun

Pathology.

1. earache.

otalgia

/ -dʒə, əʊˈtældʒɪə /

noun

1. the technical name for earache

Other Word Forms

• otalgic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of otalgia¹

1650–60; < New Latin < Greek ōtalgía, equivalent to ōt- ot- + -algia -algia

Example Sentences

In this case the otalgia belongs to the fourth class of diseases.

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