OTOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does otology mean? 

• OTOLOGY (noun)
  The noun OTOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the ear

  Familiarity information: OTOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OTOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine concerned with the ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

fenestration (surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis)

auditory apparatus (all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears)

fenestra (a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear))

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

audiology; audiometry (the measurement of hearing)

Derivation:

otologist (a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases)