otorrhea
- noun
- /ˌoʊtəˈriːə/
- Specialized
- The child had persistent otorrhea, which prompted the doctor to prescribe medication.
- purulent otorrhea
- chronic otorrhea
- cessation of otorrhea
Examples
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Post-tympanostomy tube otorrhea is a common problem that is treated by both primary care physicians and otolaryngologists.
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Seven months later, the patient returned with severe ear pain and purulent otorrhea on the implanted side.
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Patients or their parents also kept diaries to record the status of their otorrhea twice a day.
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With both agents, there was less otorrhea in the treated ears than in the untreated ears.
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I am certain that this is an important reason why persistent otorrhea recurs after treatment has been stopped.
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Two of the 15 patients with bilateral otorrhea had different pathogens in each ear.
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The time to cessation of otorrhea was significantly shorter among patients who received the combination product.
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The self-treated patients were asked to return to the clinic as soon as their otorrhea resolved.
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Clear middle ear effusion or otorrhea should alert the physician to this possibility.
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I consider CSOM to be purulent otorrhea that persists for more than six weeks despite treatment.
Academic text (2002)
Surface Forms
Morphology
otorrhea = oto + rrhea
Formed from the medical combining form 'oto-' (ear) + '-rrhea' (flow/discharge); reasonably clear to learners familiar with medical elements but not fully transparent to general B1 learners.
Etymology
Otorrhea comes from Greek parts oto- 'ear' and -rrhea 'flow', and the -rrhea part is the same 'flow' in diarrhea. So, Otorrhea means fluid leaking from the ear.