Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

otologist

/əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: otol-o-gist
IPA: /əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A doctor specializing in otology.

Example Sentences

"“We need to identify children early and provide them with hearing tools and training by the time they are 6 months,” said Dr. John Greinwald, a pediatric otologist at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center."
"Today's teenagers are siphoning dangerous levels of membrane-damaging noise directly into their eardrums, with long-term effects that otologists prophesy will be disastrous for their hearing and lead to an epidemic of middle-aged deafness in the next thirty years."

Etymology

From oto- + -logist, after otology.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oto
Suffix: logist

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/

Inflected Forms

otologists (plural)

Synonyms

aurist ear doctor ear specialist

Questions

How do you pronounce otologist?: The recorded pronunciation is /əʊˈtɒlədʒɪst/.
What does otologist mean?: A doctor specializing in otology.
Where does otologist come from?: From oto- + -logist, after otology.

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