Definition of Otorrhea

1. Noun. Discharge from the external ear.

Generic synonyms: Pathology

Definition of Otorrhea

1. Noun. (medicine) Discharge of fluid from an external ear. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Otorrhea

otopathies
otopathy
otopharyngeal
otopharyngeal tube
otoplasties
otoplasty
otoprotective
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
otorhinolaryngologic neoplasms
otorhinolaryngologic surgical procedures
otorhinolaryngological
otorhinolaryngologist
otorhinolaryngologists
otorhinolaryngology
otorrha
otorrhea (current term)
otorrheas
otorrhoea
otorrhoeas
otorrhœal
otosalpinx
otoscleroses
otosclerosis
otoscope
otoscopeic
otoscopes
otoscopic
otoscopies
otoscopy
otosteal

Literary usage of Otorrhea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Hearing was normal and he gave no history of otorrhea. Percussion of head was not painful and no Motor Involvement. Motor Involvement. ..."

2. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"Solutions of i in 1000 are employed locally in otorrhea, rhinitis, blepharitis, keratitis, and nasal ulcers. Internally it has been used in doses of n^üj-v ..."

3. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"otorrhea. Involvement of the internal portion of the external ear with various degrees of inflammation is very common in dogs with long pendulous ears and ..."

4. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Medical and Surgical: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"So long as the pus of the otorrhea smells fetid, the treatment employed has ... It is well, therefore, in estimating the gravity of an otorrhea that pus ..."

5. Contributions to the Science of Medicine and Surgery: In Celebration of the (1908)
"... has given me most satisfactory results in those cases in which otorrhea is persistent and in acute ostitis with involvement of ..."

6. Journal of Materia Medica (1875)
"... when twelve years of age had a severe attack of scarlet fever, which developed during convalescence otorrhea, and its usual sequelae, partial difficulty ..."

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