OTITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does otitis mean? 

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

1. inflammation of the ear

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OTITIS (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)

 Context examples 

Polymorphism of the gene is associated with otitis media.

(FBXO11 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The infection usually affects the middle ear and is called otitis media.

(Ear Infections, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

Middle ear infections, or acute otitis media, are a common childhood illness.

(No benefit to shortening ear infection treatment, NIH)