26 November 2017

otalgia

[oh-tal-jee-uh, -juh]

noun, Pathology.

1. earache.

Origin of otalgia

Greek

1650-1660; New Latin; Greek ōtalgía, equivalent to ōt- ot- + -algia -algia

Related forms

otalgic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for otalgia

Historical Examples

In this case the otalgia belongs to the fourth class of diseases.
Zoonomia, Vol. II
Erasmus Darwin

Anagram

tail ago
ail goat

Today’s quote

Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world… Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.

– Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

On this day

26 November 1922 – British archaeologist Howard Carter and Lord Carnavon enter the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen which Carter had discovered a few days earlier. Legend held that the tomb was protected by the ‘Mummy’s Curse’. Within 7 months of entering the tomb, both Carter and Carnavon were dead.

26 November 1942 – world premiere of iconic film ‘Casablanca’, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. The movie was nominated for 8 Oscars, winning 3 of them.

26 November 1992 – The Queen begins paying income tax and the number of royals receiving tax-payers funds is reduced to the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Queen Mother.