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otolaryngol

otolaryngol

9.9
The medical field that finds and treats ear, nose, and throat problems
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊtəˈlɛrɪnˌɡɒl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : otorrinolaringología
  • After visiting the otolaryngol, she found relief from her persistent ear infections.
  • Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
  • Otolaryngol Head Neck
  • Otolaryngol Head

Examples

  • House JW, Brackmann DE. Facial nerve grading system. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1985; 93(2):146-7.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Case report of an anterior neck thymic cyst. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2001; 125(6):656-7.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Alternatives to packing in septorhinoplasty. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1989; 115(10):1203-5.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Long-term results of radiation therapy for juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Am J Otolaryngol 2001; 22(3):172-5.

    Academic text (2008)

  • (n5.) Hinchcliffe R. Headache and Meniere's disease. Acta Otolaryngol 1967; 63(4):384-90.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Fairbanks DN. Complications of nasal packing. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1986; 94(3):412-15.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Errors in the assessment of tympanic membrane perforations. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci 1993; 18(1):58-62.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Wormald PJ, Van Hasselt A. Endoscopic removal of juvenile angiofibromas. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2003; 129(6):684-91.

    Academic text (2008)

  • (n7.) Pasic TR, Makielski K. Nasal schwannoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1990; 103(6):943-6.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Annino DJ Jr., Goguen LA. Silent sinus syndrome. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2008; 16(1):22-5.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

otolaryngology
vsotolaryngol
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A medical specialty that treats ear, nose, and throat problems

is the same specialty but is the longer or more formal alternative
otorhinolaryngology
vsotolaryngol
  • Specialized
9.9

A branch of medicine that treats ear, nose, and throat problems

is the same specialty but is the shorter more common form

Surface Forms

otolaryngol singular
otolaryngols plural

Morphology

otolaryngol = otolaryngology (transparent) = oto + laryng + ol

Form is a clipped abbreviation of 'otolaryngology' (the ENT specialty), so the relation to the base is direct despite the technical nature of the term.

Etymology

Otolaryngol names the medical field and comes from oto- 'ear', laryngo- 'throat', and -logy 'study', like in biology. So, otolaryngol means the branch of medicine that studies and treats ear, nose, and throat problems.