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OTALGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does otalgia mean?
• OTALGIA (noun)
The noun OTALGIA has 1 sense:
1. an ache localized in the middle or inner ear
Familiarity information: OTALGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ache localized in the middle or inner ear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
earache; otalgia
Hypernyms ("otalgia" is a kind of...):
ache; aching (a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain)
Context examples
It is characterized by intense otalgia and a cutaneous vesicular eruption.
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