otalgia C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /oʊˈtældʒə/ UK /əʊˈtældʒə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun earache; pain in the ear The child's persistent otalgia turned out to be a middle-ear infection. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · earache; pain in the ear earacheotodynia Word family Derived forms otalgic Related forms otitisotologyneuralgianostalgia Etymology AI details Modern Latin coinage from Greek 'ous' (genitive 'otos', 'ear') plus 'algos' ('pain'), meaning pain in the ear. οὖς Ancient Greek ἄλγος Ancient Greek View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # otalgia **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /oʊˈtældʒə/ **IPA (UK):** /əʊˈtældʒə/ ## Meanings 1. earache; pain in the ear ## Examples - The child's persistent otalgia turned out to be a middle-ear infection. ## Synonyms - earache - otodynia ## Derived Forms - otalgic ## Related Forms - otitis - otology - neuralgia - nostalgia ## Roots and Affixes - Root: οὖς - Root: ἄλγος ## Etymology Modern Latin coinage from Greek 'ous' (genitive 'otos', 'ear') plus 'algos' ('pain'), meaning pain in the ear. ## AI Etymology Otalgia is modern Latin coinage from Greek 'ous' (genitive 'otos', 'ear') plus 'algos' ('pain'), meaning pain in the ear. Important recorded forms include οὖς (Ancient Greek) and ἄλγος (Ancient Greek). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers earache; pain in the ear. The wider family includes derived forms such as otalgic and related words such as otitis, otology, neuralgia, and nostalgia. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown