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otorhinolaryngology

otorhinolaryngology

9.9
A branch of medicine that treats ear, nose, and throat problems
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊtəˌraɪnoʊˌlɛrɪnˈɡɑlədʒi/
  • Specialized
translation icon : otorinolaringología
  • 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

  • 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.

  • A 54-year-old woman was referred to the Department of otorhinolaryngology with a suspected carcinoma of the larynx.

Synonyms

otolaryngology
vsotorhinolaryngology
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

is the formal technical variant of that same specialty name
otolaryngol
vsotorhinolaryngology
  • Specialized
9.9

The medical field that finds and treats ear, nose, and throat problems

is concerned specifically with diseases rather than broader disorders

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.