"otacoustic" meaning in English

See otacoustic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: oto- + acoustic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|oto|acoustic}} oto- + acoustic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} otacoustic (not comparable)
  1. Assisting the sense of hearing. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-otacoustic-en-adj-lCcixwgF

Noun

Forms: otacoustics [plural]
Etymology: oto- + acoustic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|oto|acoustic}} oto- + acoustic Head templates: {{en-noun}} otacoustic (plural otacoustics)
  1. An ear trumpet.
    Sense id: en-otacoustic-en-noun-RJWLPOUm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with oto- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with oto-: 12 88

Inflected forms

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