English dictionary: words starting with oto

combining form

(used chiefly in medical terms) relating to the ears.

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Otoscope

noun

A member of a sioux people formerly living along the missouri river in eastern nebraska and now in oklahoma, where they are one component of the people formally known as the otoe-missouria tribe.

adjective

Of or designating the otoe people or their language.

adjective

Of the nature of an otoconium; of or relating to otoconia.

noun

A small calcareous particle in the inner ear of a vertebrate or the otocyst of an invertebrate; an (individual) otolith or statolith.

adjective

Of or relating to the otocranium or otic capsule.

noun

= otic capsule .

noun

Another term for statocyst.

noun

Another term for statocyst.

adjective

Of or relating to otolaryngology.

noun

A doctor who specializes in diseases of the ear and throat

noun

A doctor who specializes in diseases of the ear and throat

noun

The study of diseases of the ear and throat.

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The subcommittee included experts in the fields of primary care, otolaryngology, epidemiology, infe…

noun

Each of three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity and movement.

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The macular neuromast organs bear otoliths, as described above.

noun

Each of three small oval calcareous bodies in the inner ear of vertebrates, involved in sensing gravity and movement.

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The macular neuromast organs bear otoliths, as described above.

noun

A doctor who specializes in diseases of the ear

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The otologist tested me in a soundproof booth., a male patient presented to the otologist because o…

noun

The study of the anatomy and diseases of the ear.

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He served in the royal army medical corps in india and germany and then studied laryngology and oto…

noun

A member of an indigenous people inhabiting parts of central mexico.

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More important are what i consider to be the infrequent errors of emphasis and interpretation: for …

adjective

Relating to the otomi or their language.

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The editors correctly mention the fear and respect that nahuas had for otomi prowess in war but fai…

noun

A group of related central mexican languages, including otomi and mazahua, belonging to the oto-manguean family. also (occasionally) specifically: the language of the otomi people.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating this group or its languages.

noun

Fungal infection of the ear; an instance of this.

adjective

Of, relating to, or causing disease of the ear.

noun

Disease of the ear; an instance of this.

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating plastic surgical operations on the ear (otoplasty).

noun

A surgical operation to restore or enhance the appearance of an ear or the ears.

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The most common treatment for prominent ears is an operation called pinnaplasty - also known as an …

noun

A doctor who studies or treats diseases of the ear, nose, and throat

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She is a consultant otorhinolaryngologist., people with severe allergies may seek treatment from an…

noun

The study of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.

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In addition, the clinics have ‘outpatient specialists,’ most often in internal medicine, paediatric…

noun

Discharge, especially purulent discharge, from the ear; a case or type of this.