otologist en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/ (UK)
Etymology
From oto- + -logist, after otology.
Meanings
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A doctor specializing in otology.
Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years.
2012 Sep, Rupert Christiansen, “Quiet, Please”, in Literary Review:“We need to identify children early and provide them with hearing tools and training by the time they are 6 months,” said Dr. John Greinwald, a pediatric otologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
2007 September 4, Jamie Talan, “Early Action Proving Crucial to Hearing Success”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| otologists | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (9)
sh otòlog (doctor specializing in otology) · ro otolog (doctor specializing in otology) · sh ото̀лог (doctor specializing in otology) · es otólogo (doctor specializing in otology) · da otolog (doctor specializing in otology) · hu fülorvos (doctor specializing in otology) · ga cluaslia (doctor specializing in otology) · cs otolog (doctor specializing in otology) · fi korvalääkäri (doctor specializing in otology)