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‖ otitis Path.|əʊˈtaɪtɪs|
[mod.L., f. Gr. οὖς, ὠτ- ear + -itis.]
a. Inflammation of the ear.
1799Hooper Med. Dict., Otitis, inflammation of the internal ear. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 197 Inflammations, especially cephalitis and otitis. 1844Dufton Deafness 51 The causes which produce internal otitis are many of them of the same character, but more severe than those which excite external otitis.
b. In mod.L. collocations: otitis externa [tr. F. otite externe (J. M. G. Itard Traité des Maladies de l'Oreille (1821) I. i. 164)], inflammation of the external ear; otitis interna [tr. F. otite interne (loc. cit. 170)], inflammation of the inner ear († or the middle ear); = labyrinthitis; otitis media, inflammation of the middle ear.
1864D. B. St. J. Roosa tr. von Tröltsch's Dis. Ear vi. 60 By Otitis interna I understand the purulent catarrh of the middle ear, or cavity of the tympanum. Ibid., Otitis externa, or diffuse inflammation. 1874J. Hinton tr. von Tröltsch's Surg. Dis. Ear viii. 56 (heading) Acute suppurative catarrh of the middle ear, or acute otitis media. 1883J. P. Cassells tr. Politzer's Text-bk. Dis. Ear 711 (heading) Inflammation of the labyrinth (otitis interna). 1959Woman 16 May 31/1 She has all the signs of a really bad acute otitis media—or infection of the middle ear. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. ii. xxxii. 5/1 If there is no time to soften the wax in this way, a proprietary wax solvent may be used, but these are more likely to cause otitis externa than the simpler substances. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline iii. 36 Diseases that could be easily treated, such as chronic otitis media,..were let to run their courses for lack of doctors.
Hence oˈtitic a., connected with otitis.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 105 This is mostly the effect of cold, and is in fact an otitic catarrh. |