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politzerization

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 the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Named after Professor Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it.

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