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otomycosis

noun/ˌəʊtəʊmaɪˈkəʊsɪs/

C2CEFR level
98/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

A fungal infection of the external auditory canal, commonly caused by Aspergillus or Candida species.

The itchy ear with visible fungal hyphae on otoscopy was diagnosed as otomycosis.

Topic: ENT in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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