Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is versed in otology, especially in its medical and surgical aspects; an aurist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One skilled in otology; an aurist.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a physician who specializes in the ear and its diseases

Etymologies

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From oto- + -logist, after otology.

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Examples

  • When considering the prior art, the district court concluded that the teachings fell outside the skill in the art of an otologist with only basic pharmacological knowledge, and held the patent nonobvious.

    Erroneous "Skill in the Art" Triggers Obviousness Peter Zura 2007

  • Apotex argued that the skill in the art would be: "a person engaged in developing new pharmaceuticals, formulations and treatment methods, or a specialist in ear treatments such as an otologist, otolaryngologist, or otorhinolaryngologist who also has training in pharmaceutical formulations."

    Erroneous "Skill in the Art" Triggers Obviousness Peter Zura 2007

  • Apotex argued that the skill in the art would be: "a person engaged in developing new pharmaceuticals, formulations and treatment methods, or a specialist in ear treatments such as an otologist, otolaryngologist, or otorhinolaryngologist who also has training in pharmaceutical formulations."

    Archive 2007-07-01 Peter Zura 2007

  • When considering the prior art, the district court concluded that the teachings fell outside the skill in the art of an otologist with only basic pharmacological knowledge, and held the patent nonobvious.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Peter Zura 2007

  • Q I have metastatic breast cancer, and was told after trying other methods in vain that my best hope for remission was to have an otologist bone marrow transplant.

    Presidents Remarks At The Future Diner ITY National Archives 1993

  • He was an otologist and had observed from a purely clinical standpoint the frequent coincidence of vertigo, "Schwerhörigkeit" and tinnitus in cases with normal middle ear.

    Robert Bárány - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • Among the physiologists there is the Hungarian Högyes; Ewald, a pupil of Goltz, and among the clinicians Jansen, an otologist in Berlin.

    Robert Bárány - Nobel Lecture 1967

  • It includes otologist Julius Lempert's personal memorabilia and original surgical instruments used in the fenestration operation for restoring hearing.

    History of the Division of Medical Sciences United States National Museum Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 43, 1964 Sami Khalaf Hamarneh

  • One case, however, "the savage of Aveyron" was studied intensively by Itard, the French philosopher and otologist who cherished high hopes of his mental and social development.

    Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

  • The visit to the otologist should be repeated at intervals of not more than eight or ten months, even where there is no question of treatment, in order that any change in the physical condition of the organs may be promptly detected.

    What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know John Dutton Wright 1909

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