otosclerosis
Spanish, noun/otoskleˈɾosis/
otosclerosis is spelled O-T-O-S-C-L-E-R-O-S-I-S (12 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish, the 321,281st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Otosclerosis is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “otosclerosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad metabólica ósea primaria de la cápsula ótica y la cadena oscicular que causa fijación de los…”.
What does otosclerosis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineotosclerosis
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad metabólica ósea primaria de la cápsula ótica y la cadena oscicular que causa fijación de los huesecillos con la resultante hipoacusia. Se trata de una enfermedad de transmisión genética que se transmite por vía autosómica dominante con penetrancia incompleta y expresión variable.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of otosclerosis
- otoesclerosis alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce otosclerosis?
- /otoskleˈɾosis/
- [o.t̪os.kleˈɾo.sis]
- [ot̪oskleˈɾosis]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is otosclerosis in Spanish?
otosclerosis appears about once in every 87 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).