otitis
/əʊˈtaɪtɪs/noun
mass noun
- Medicine inflammation of the ear, usually distinguished as otitis externa (of the passage of the outer ear), otitis media (of the middle ear), and otitis interna (of the inner ear; labyrinthitis)【医】耳炎（通常分为外耳炎、中耳炎和内耳炎）。
词源
late 18th cent.: modern Latin， from Greek ous, ōt- 'ear' + -ITIS.