See also: otico and otico-

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, pertaining to the ear), from οὖς (oûs, ear).

Adjective

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ótico (feminine ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas)

  1. (anatomy) otic (related to the ear)
    • 2008 (6th edition), Peter H. Abrahams, Johannes M. Boon, Jonathan D. Spratt, McMinn Atlas Clínico de Anatomia Humana, Elsevier, page 93:
      [] , o nervo chega ao gânglio ótico (33) via forame oval.
      [] , the nerve reaches the otic ganglion via the foramen ovale.

Etymology 2

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Modified from learned form óptico, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, of seeing), from ὀπτός (optós, seen, visible).

Adjective

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ótico (feminine ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas)

  1. European Portuguese standard spelling of óptico.
    • 2002, Walter A. Mannheimer, Microscopia dos Materiais: Uma Introdução, Sociedade Brasileira de Microscopia e Microanálise, page 111.5:
      Frequentemente, os instrumentos óticos, incluindo o microscópio, são iluminados por “luz branca”, que é uma mistura de luz de diferentes cores.
      Often, optical instruments, including the microscope, are illuminated with “white light”, which is a mixture of lights of various colours.

Noun

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ótico m (plural óticos, feminine ótica, feminine plural óticas)

  1. European Portuguese standard spelling of óptico.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠτικός (ōtikós, pertaining to the ear), from οὖς (oûs, ear).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈotiko/ [ˈo.t̪i.ko]
  • Rhymes: -otiko
  • Syllabification: ó‧ti‧co

Adjective

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ótico (feminine ótica, masculine plural óticos, feminine plural óticas)

  1. (anatomy, relational) ear; otic

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