OTITIS MEDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does otitis media mean? 

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

1. inflammation of the middle ear; common in children

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OTITIS MEDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inflammation of the middle ear; common in children

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("otitis media" is a kind of...):

otitis (inflammation of the ear)

 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)