Meaning | The branch of medicine concerned with the ear. |
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Category of | auditory apparatus | All of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears |
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fenestra | A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear) |
fenestration | surgical procedure that creates a new fenestra to the cochlea in order to restore hearing lost because of osteosclerosis |
Narrower | audiology, audiometry | The measurement of hearing |
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Broader | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Spanish | otiatría, otología |
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Catalan | otologia |
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Nouns | otologist | a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases |
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