Meanings
- uncountablemedicineOtolaryngology.
Foreign body aspiration may require otorhinolaryngology consultation for rigid bronchoscopy.
2007, Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, “Chapter 76: Aspiration”, in Lisa B. Zaoutis, Vincent W. Chiang, editors, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 4852 more examples
Most of our practical knowledge of nasal accessory sinus disease has been acquired within the past two decades and certainly our advance in it during the past decade is greater than in any other branch of otorhinolaryngology.
1921, “Pennsylvania Medical Journal”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 24, page 551The German inventor Karl Storz (1911-1996) introduced the system into otorhinolaryngology and developed cold light illumination. This marked the beginning of a new era in otorhinolaryngology—the era of endoscopy.
2009, Hans Behrbohm, Oliver Kaschke, Ear, Nose, and Throat Diseases: With Head and Neck Surgery, page 132Synonyms: ear, nose and throat, ENT
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOtolaryngology.
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nounthe medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Ancient Greekοὖς (oûs)
- Ancient Greekὠτ- (ōt-)
- Englishot-
- Englishoto-
- Ancient Greekῥῑ́ς (rhī́s)
- Ancient Greekῥῑνο- (rhīno-)
- Englishrhino-
- Englishlaryngo-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Englishotorhinolaryngology
From oto- (“ear”) + rhino- (“nose”) + laryngo- (“throat”) + -logy.
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otorhinolaryngology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otorhinolaryngology
“otorhinolaryngology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otorhinolaryngology. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “otorhinolaryngology,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otorhinolaryngology.
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