otitis

O1T1I1T1I1S1
/oʊˈtaɪ.tɪs/

noun

Inflammation of the ear.

Less commonScrabble 6

Meanings

nounotitis (countable and uncountable, plural otitides or otitises)

plural otitides · plural otitises

  1. countableuncountablemedicineInflammation of the ear.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian отит
  • отит (otit)inflammation of the ear
Catalan otitis
  • otitisinflammation of the ear
Chinese Mandarin 耳炎
  • 耳炎 (ěryán)inflammation of the ear
Dutch oorontsteking, otitis
  • oorontstekinginflammation of the ear
  • otitisinflammation of the ear
Esperanto otito
  • otitoinflammation of the ear
Finnish korvatulehdus
  • korvatulehdusinflammation of the ear
French otite
  • otiteinflammation of the ear
German Mittelohrentzündung, Otitis
  • Mittelohrentzündunginflammation of the ear
  • Otitisinflammation of the ear
Greek ωτίτιδα
  • ωτίτιδα (otítida)inflammation of the ear
Italian otite
  • otiteinflammation of the ear
Japanese 耳炎
  • 耳炎 (jien)inflammation of the ear
Korean 이염
  • 이염 (iyeom)inflammation of the ear
Malay radang telinga, otitis
  • radang telingainflammation of the ear
  • otitisinflammation of the ear
Persian اوتیت
  • اوتیت (otit)inflammation of the ear
Portuguese otite
  • otiteinflammation of the ear
Russian оти́т
  • оти́т (otít)inflammation of the ear
Spanish otitis
  • otitisinflammation of the ear
Swedish öroninflammation, otitit
  • öroninflammationinflammation of the ear
  • otititinflammation of the ear
Turkish otit
  • otitinflammation of the ear
Vietnamese viêm tai
  • viêm taiinflammation of the ear

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APA

otitis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otitis

MLA

“otitis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otitis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “otitis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otitis.

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