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otology

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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  • General-American: /oʊˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /əʊˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi
  • CMU ARPABET: OW0 T AA1 L AH0 JH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The branch of medicine that deals with the ear, its structure, function and pathology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine concerned with 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: medicine, medical specialty

Narrower terms: audiology, audiometry

History

Etymology

From oto- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Czech: otologie — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Danish: otologi — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Dutch: oorheelkunde — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Dutch: otologie — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Estonian: otoloogia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Finnish: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • French: otologie — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Galician: otoloxía — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • German: Otologie — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • German: Ohrenheilkunde — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Greek: ωτολογία (otología) — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Hungarian: fülgyógyászat — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Hungarian: fülészet — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Hungarian: otológia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Irish: oiteolaíocht — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Italian: otoiatria — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Italian: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Malay: kaji telinga — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Malay: otologi — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Occitan: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Polish: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Portuguese: otologia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Romanian: otologie — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Russian: отоло́гия (otológija) — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Slovak: otológia — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Spanish: otología — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Swedish: otologi — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Tagalog: palataingahan — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear
  • Ukrainian: отоло́гія (otolóhija) — the branch of medicine that deals with the ear