otologistn.
/əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/, U.S. /oʊˈtɑlədʒəst/ A specialist in otology.
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otologist1874
the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > on organs or structures of the body > ear, nose, throat
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1874 D. B. St. J. Roosa Pract. Treat. Dis. Ear (ed. 2) 47 The high character of the work that has been done by American otologists.
1876 R. Bartholow Pract. Treat. Materia Med. iii. 511 Glycerine is used by otologists to soften cerumen.
1887 Science 8 Apr. 347/2 Any knowledge that may thus be contributed would be of service to military surgeons, otologists, and others.
1949 Arch. Otolaryngol. 50 507 It is important that otologists be frank and honest with patients who have hearing losses.
1985 O. Sacks Man who mistook Wife xv. 125 Her last hope was her ENT man, the otologist she was seeing.
1997 Guardian 21 Jan. ii. 13/2 Modern treatment is based around specialists working together and includes a surgeon, otologist, speech and language therapist, orthodontist, paediatric dentist and psychologist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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