Otitis Media

  

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Otitis Media

Definition: Otitis Media

Otitis Media

Noun

1. Inflammation of the middle ear; common in children.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Otitis Media

DomainDefinitions

Health

Inflammation of the middle ear. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Otitis media

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Otitis media is an inflammation of the middle ear, usually associated with a buildup of fluid. The fluid may or may not be infected.

There are several kinds of otitis media:

  1. Acute otitis media is an infection that produces pus, fluid, and inflammation within the middle ear. It is frequently associated with signs of upper respiratory infection, such as a runny or stuffy nose.
  2. Otitis media with effusion is the presence of middle ear fluid for 6 weeks or more from the initial acute otitis media.
  3. Chronic otitis media may develop when the infection persists for more than 2 weeks.

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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Otitis media."

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Crosswords: Otitis Media

Specialty definitions using "otitis media": Middle Ear VentilationOtitis Media with Effusion, Otitis Media, Suppurativesecretory otitis media. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Otitis Media

DomainTitle

Books

  • Glue Ear in Childhood: A Prospective Study of Otitis Media With Effusion (Clinics in Developmental Medicine, 135) (reference)

  • Otitis Media With Effusion in Children (reference)

  • Recent Advances in Otitis Media With Effusion: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium, May 17-20, 1983 Fort Lauderdale, Florida (reference)

  • Advanced Therapy of Otitis Media (reference)

  • Conquering Otitis Media (reference)

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Photo Album: Otitis Media

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Six groups are in this genus: A, B, C, D, F, and G, which and are often found in pairs or chains. This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. Credit: CDC.

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common organisms causing respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

This organism causes respiratory infections such as pneumonia and sinusitis, as well as bacteremia, otitis media, meningitis, peritonitis and arthritis. The Neufeld-Quellung test is used in pneumococcus typing. Streptococci. Credit: CDC.

  

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Non-Fiction Usage: Otitis Media

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Otitis media is an ear infection. (references)

Some children with otitis media need surgery. (references)

The first type is called acute otitis media (AOM). (references)

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Expressions: Otitis Media

Expressions using "otitis media": Otitis Media with Effusion secretory otitis media. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Otitis Media

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

otitis media

183

acute otitis media

18

otitis media with effusion

15

serous otitis media

13

chronic otitis media

9

adult otitis media

6

otitis media treatment

5

otitis media in adult

4

otitis media symptom

2
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Modern Translations: Otitis Media

Language Translations for "otitis media"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

otitis media (otitis of the middle ear), mellemoerebetaendelse (otitis of the middle ear), mellemørebetændelse, mediaotit. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

otitis media (otitis of the middle ear), middenoorontsteking (otitis of the middle ear). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

otitis media serosa (secretory otitis media), seroosinen välikorvatulehdus (secretory otitis media), krooninen välikorvatulehdus ja tärykalvoperforaatio (chronic otitis media with eardrum perforation, chronic otitis media with tympanic perforation), krooninen korvatulehdus ilman kolesteatoomaa (chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma), kolesteatoomatauti (chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma). (various references)

   

French

  

otite moyenne (otitis of the middle ear). (various references)

   

German

  

Otitis media:Mittelohrentzündung, Mittelohrentzuendung (otitis of the middle ear). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μέση ωτίτιδα από αμνιακό υγρό (amniotic otitis media), μέση αμνιοτική ωτίτις (amniotic otitis media), παροξυσμική ωταλγία (compulsory reaching for the diseased ear, otitis media cry), χρόνια μέση ωτίτιδα με διάτρηση τυμπάνου (chronic otitis media with eardrum perforation, chronic otitis media with tympanic perforation), χρόνια μη χολοστεατωματώδης ωτίτιδα (chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma), χρόνια χολοστεατωματώδης ωτίτιδα (chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma), ορώδης ωτίτιδα (secretory otitis media). (various references)

   

Italian

  

otite media (otitis of the middle ear). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otitisay ediamay

   

Portuguese

  

otite média amniótica (amniotic otitis media). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

otitis media (otitis of the middle ear). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Otitis Media

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-i-m-o-s-t-t"

-1 letter: diatomites.

-2 letters: diatomite.

-3 letters: atomised, demotist, dimities, idiotism, imitated, imitates, mattoids, otitides, timidest.

-4 letters: amities, amosite, atomies, atomise, atomist, daimios, diastem, diatoms, distome, ditties, dotiest, etatism, imitate, iodates, mastoid, mattoid, misdate, misedit, mitiest, modiste, omitted, simioid, stimied, stomate, tidiest, toadies, toasted.

-5 letters: admits, amides, amidst, daimio, dattos, demast, demits, diatom, dittos, idioms, idiots, imides, iodate.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-i-m-o-s-t-t"
 

+2 letters: delimitations, mastoiditides.

 

+4 letters: delegitimations, demystification, intermediations.

 

+5 letters: antireductionism, demystifications, indeterminations, indomitabilities.

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Alternative Orthography: Otitis Media


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 74 69 74 69 73      4D 65 64 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01110100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 00100000 01001101 01100101 01100100 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 0074 0069 0074 0069 0073      004D 0065 0064 0069 0061

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

49867586758524771707567

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Otitis Media"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelsetanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatiehollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutossuomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, francês, francés

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungtysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, alemão, alemán

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηgræker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, grego, griego

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoportugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, português, portugués

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónSpaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, espanhol, español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationenglantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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