otosclerosis

oto- +‎ sclerosis

otosclerosis (countable and uncountable, plural otoscleroses)

1. (pathology) Sclerosis of the tissues of the labyrinth and middle ear.
2. (pathology) Loss of hearing due to injury of the auditory nerve by certain drugs and poisons, such as quinine and tobacco.
3. (pathology) Loss of the ability to understand the spoken word, although the sound is heard.

• otosclerotic

From oto- +‎ (e)sclerosis, from Ancient Greek ὠτός (ōtós) and σκλήρωσις (sklḗrōsis).

• IPA^(key): /otoskleˈɾosis/ [o.t̪os.kleˈɾo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: o‧tos‧cle‧ro‧sis

otosclerosis f (plural otosclerosis)

1. (pathology) otosclerosis

• “otosclerosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014