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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

otalgia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
otal-gia
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

earache

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōtalgia, from Ancient Greek ὠταλγία (ōtalgía).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ὠταλγία

Usage

Inflected Forms

otalgias (plural)

Derived Forms

otalgic

Frequently Paired Words

otitis

Synonyms

earache

Questions

What does otalgia mean?
earache
Where does otalgia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

How to pronounce otalgia

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