otalgia
(əʊˈtældʒɪə)
Also oˈtalgy.
[a. Gr. ὠταλγία ear-ache, f. οὖς, ὠτ- ear + ἄλγος pain.]
Ear-ache; neuralgic pain in the ear.
| 1657 Physical Dict., Otalgia, pain in the ears. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl. s.v., The otalgia usually arises from an inflammation. 1836 Smart, Otalgy. 1874 Roosa Dis. Ear (ed. 2) 511 The subject of otalgia belongs, strictly speaking, to the middle ear. |
Hence oˈtalgic a., of or pertaining to ear-ache; n. a remedial agent for ear-ache.
| 1737 Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 263 Opiates are Ophthalmics, as well as Odontalgics, Otalgics, &c. 1842 Dunglison Med. Lex., Otalgic [adj.]. |