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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 earplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


OTALGIA (noun)


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.

(Herpes Zoster Oticus, NCI Thesaurus)



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