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Otalgia vs Effusion - What's the difference?

otalgia | effusion |

As nouns the difference between otalgia and effusion

is that otalgia is (pathology) earache while effusion is a liquid outpouring.

otalgia

English

Noun

(-)
  • (pathology) earache
  • Derived terms

    * otalgic

    See also

    * otitis

    effusion

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a liquid outpouring.
  • (by extension) a speech or emotion outpouring.
  • * 1930; , (Morrie Ryskind), (Bert Kalmar), (Harry Ruby); (Animal Crackers) , (Paramount Pictures)
  • Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion ...
  • (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself