otology

[oh-tol-uh-jee]

noun

1. the science of the ear and its diseases.

otology

/ əʊˈtɒlədʒɪ, ˌəʊtəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the ear

Other Word Forms

• otological adjective
• otologist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of otology¹

First recorded in 1835–45; oto- + -logy

Example Sentences

To Stankovic, chief of the division of otology and neuro-otology, the problem did not sound idiopathic; she suspected that Behforouz had inadvertently fractured a tiny delicate bone in her middle ear called the malleus.

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"This study population had access to medical care and social/financial means to be evaluated," said Dr. Darius Kohan, chief of otology at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital in New York City.

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"This study reaffirms the fact that cochlear implant recipients probably should not receive MRI," said Dr. Eric Smouha, director of otology and neurology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

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In presenting Dr. House with an award in 1995, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation said, “He has developed more new concepts in otology than almost any other single person in history.”

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And the philosopher, on the other hand, might treat the whole of medicine as one part in itself, while the physician might hold that even otology has to be separated from rhinology.

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