OTITIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("otitis" is a kind of...):

inflammation; redness; rubor (a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "otitis"):

labyrinthitis; otitis interna (inflammation of the inner ear; can cause vertigo and vomiting)

otitis externa (inflammation of the external ear (including auricle and ear canal))

otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear; common in children)

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