otitis media
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4.7
- noun
- /oʊˈtaɪtɪs ˈmiːdiə/
- Specialized
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otitis media
- Treatment for otitis media often includes antibiotics to reduce inflammation and infection.
- chronic otitis media
- acute otitis media
- otitis media with effusion
Examples
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Neither persistent tympanic perforation nor otitis media was observed following treatments.
Academic text (2008) -
The doctor diagnosed the young boy with otitis media after he complained of ear pain.
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In 1949, when the patient was 37 years old, she developed otitis media in the left ear.
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Following the removal of the foreign body, his health improved, the otitis media cleared up, and he gained weight.
Academic text (1996) -
Patients with chronic otitis media, with or without cholesteatoma, comprised the largest group in this study.
Academic text (2008) -
Additional head and neck findings included otitis media (6%), epistaxis (6%), and sinusitis (6%).
Academic text (1995) -
The postoperative course was uneventful; the child's health improved, the otitis media cleared up, and he also gained weight.
Academic text (1996) -
A 55-year-old, immunocompromised man presented with a history of chronic left otitis media and multiple recurrent tympanic membrane perforations.
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Otologic examination revealed bilateral chronic otitis media with abundant, stringy, mucopurulent discharge and extensive destruction of both tympanic membranes.
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Many children suffer from otitis media during cold season due to respiratory infections.
Synonyms
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7.9
Swelling or infection in the ear that causes pain
Swelling and pain of the eardrum or middle ear that can cause hearing loss
Surface Forms
Morphology
otitis + media
The term is compositionally built from medical/Latin roots: 'otitis' denotes an ear condition (inflammation) and 'media' historically signals 'middle', so etymologically it means inflammation of the middle ear. However, both elements are specialist/Latin vocabulary and 'media' does not transparently mean 'middle' in everyday English, so a B1 learner would only partially be able to derive the specific medical sense without prior exposure.
Etymology
Otitis media comes from old Greek words: ot- meaning 'ear', -itis meaning 'inflammation', and media meaning 'middle'. So it literally means 'inflammation in the middle ear', which is why it refers to an ear infection behind the eardrum.