Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of medicine that deals with the structure, function, and pathology of the ear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of science which deals with the human ear, its anatomy and functions, in health and disease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The branch of science which treats of the ear and its diseases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The branch of
medicine that deals with theear , itsstructure ,function andpathology .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of medicine concerned with the ear
Etymologies
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Operative Experience: Extensive exposure to all aspects of pediatric otolaryngological surgery with emphasis upon otology, endoscopic sinus surgery, bronchoesophagology, and laryngeal reconstruction.
How to Apply 2010
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Sometimes it finally gets through and that precipitates some depressant symptom otology.
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The caloric reaction for the first time provided otology with a method of investigation of the excitability of the vestibular apparatus which can be used in practically all cases.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation 1967
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Otological Society, there followed during the next ten years a tremendous, almost revolutionary development of otology, in which
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation 1967
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Otologists also made daily observations in this field without, however, appreciating their significance and adapting them to the service of otology.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1914 - Presentation 1967
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Yet only a minority of older people with these impairments use hearing aids, said Dr. Frank R. Lin, an assistant professor of otology at the paper, published Monday in The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences .
NYT > Home Page By RONI CARYN RABIN 2011
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The snail-shaped cochlea is difficult to access, particularly considering the multiple components involved in a cochlear implant, said Dr. Brian McKinnon, assistant professor of neurotology/otology in the Department of Otolaryngology in the MCG School of Medicine.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The system can also "help us to more clearly hear sounds in a noisy background" by allowing us to distinguish between sounds, said John J. Guinan Jr., a professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School.
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The system can also "help us to more clearly hear sounds in a noisy background" by allowing us to distinguish between sounds, said John J. Guinan Jr., a professor of otology and laryngology at Harvard Medical School.
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Luxon LM (2006) Immune mediated inner-ear disorders in neuro-otology.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Andrea Vambutas et al. 2009
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