otorhinolaryngology
- noun
- /ˌoʊtəˌraɪnoʊˌlɛrɪnˈɡɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- A 47-year-old man first presented to our Department of otorhinolaryngology with a complaint of left-sided facial pain.
- otorhinolaryngology department
- otorhinolaryngology unit
Examples
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An 82-year-old man was referred to our Department of Otorhinolaryngology for evaluation of a recurrent dysphonia.
Academic text (2009) -
A 47-year-old man first presented to our Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a complaint of left-sided facial pain.
Academic text (2009) -
We examined the records of all patients in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at our institution.
Academic text (2005) -
We conducted a study to evaluate speech recognition software in an otorhinolaryngology unit and to assess its impact on productivity prior to general implementation.
Academic text (2006) -
The objective of this study was to evaluate the usability of current speech recognition software for the average surgeon in otorhinolaryngology.
Academic text (2006) -
A 54-year-old woman was referred to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a suspected carcinoma of the larynx.
Academic text (2004) -
In 1995, a 65-year-old man presented to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a 4-week history of hoarseness and swallowing difficulty.
Academic text (2004) -
We report two patients we attended at the Otorhinolaryngology Department at the University of São Paulo between 1989 and 2001.
Academic text (2004) -
An 82-year-old man was referred to our Department of otorhinolaryngology for evaluation of a recurrent dysphonia.
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A 54-year-old woman was referred to the Department of otorhinolaryngology with a suspected carcinoma of the larynx.
Synonyms
A medical specialty that treats ear, nose, and throat problems
The medical field that finds and treats ear, nose, and throat problems
Surface Forms
Morphology
otorhinolaryngology = oto + rhino + laryngo + logy
The meaning is built directly from classical combining forms for ear, nose, and larynx plus the study suffix -logy, but the components are specialized learned forms rather than everyday vocabulary.
Etymology
Otorhinolaryngology is built from Greek parts: oto- 'ear', rhino- 'nose', laryngo- 'throat', and -logy 'study'. So, it literally means the medical 'study of ear, nose and throat', which is why it names the specialty that finds and treats problems in those parts.