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otitis

/oʊˈtaɪ.tɪs/

otitis noun: inflammation of the ear.

Noun

otitis (countable and uncountable, plural otitides or otitises)

  1. Inflammation of the ear.

otitis meaning in Tamil, Malay, Persian and Vietnamese

otitis in Tamil

காது அழற்சி, செவியழற்சி

otitis in Malay

inflammation of the ear
radang telinga, otitis

otitis in Persian

inflammation of the ear
اوتیت otit

otitis in Vietnamese

inflammation of the ear
viêm tai

Forms of otitis

pluralotitides
pluralotitises

Origin of otitis

From ot- + -itis.

Words formed from otitis

Phrases with otitis

Questions about otitis

What does otitis mean?
Otitis means inflammation of the ear.
What is otitis in Tamil?
Otitis in Tamil is காது அழற்சி, செவியழற்சி. See Otitis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is otitis?
Otitis is a noun.
How do you pronounce otitis?
Otitis is pronounced /oʊˈtaɪ.tɪs/.
What is the plural of otitis?
The plural of otitis is otitides.

Words near otitis in the dictionary

  1. Otisville
  2. otitic
  3. otitid
  4. otitides
  5. otitids
  6. otitis
  7. otitis externa
  8. otitis media
  9. otitises
  10. OTJ
  11. otjisumeite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: otitis (page history and authors); otitis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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