Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of politzerizing; the process of forcing air through the Eustachian tube into the middle ear by means of a rubber bulb with tube attachment.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof.
Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The
inflation of themiddle ear by blowing air up thenose during the act ofswallowing .
Etymologies
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Named after Professor Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.
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