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otitis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /oʊˈtaɪ.tɪs/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the ear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

inflammation of the ear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inflammation, redness, rubor

Narrower terms: labyrinthitis, otitis interna, otitis externa, otitis media

History

Etymology

From ot- + -itis.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Bulgarian: отит (otit) — inflammation of the ear
  • Catalan: otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 耳炎 (ěryán) — inflammation of the ear
  • Dutch: oorontsteking — inflammation of the ear
  • Dutch: otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Esperanto: otito — inflammation of the ear
  • Finnish: korvatulehdus — inflammation of the ear
  • French: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • Friulian: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • Galician: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • German: Mittelohrentzündung — inflammation of the ear
  • German: Otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Greek: ωτίτιδα (otítida) — inflammation of the ear
  • Italian: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • Japanese: 耳炎 (jien) — inflammation of the ear
  • Korean: 이염 (iyeom) — inflammation of the ear
  • Malay: radang telinga — inflammation of the ear
  • Malay: otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Occitan: otiti — inflammation of the ear
  • Persian: اوتیت (otit) — inflammation of the ear
  • Piedmontese: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • Portuguese: otite — inflammation of the ear
  • Russian: оти́т (otít) — inflammation of the ear
  • Spanish: otitis — inflammation of the ear
  • Swedish: öroninflammation — inflammation of the ear
  • Swedish: otitit — inflammation of the ear
  • Tahitian: tui — inflammation of the ear
  • Turkish: otit — inflammation of the ear
  • Vietnamese: viêm tai — inflammation of the ear