otorhinolaryngology Med.
(ˌəʊtəʊˌraɪnəʊlærɪŋˈgɒlədʒɪ)
[f. oto- + rhino- + laryngology s.v. laryngo-.]
The branch of medicine concerned with the ear, nose, and throat. Cf. otolaryngology, E.N.T. s.v. E III.
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 468/1 Otorhinolaryngology. 1902 Nature 2 Oct. 554/1 The congress will be divided into the following sections:—..oto-rhino-laryngology, [etc.]. 1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 195/2 No special techniques need to be learnt, as in neuro-surgery, urology, or otorhinolaryngology. 1968 W. McCartney Olfaction & Odours 235 Author of ‘Essai d'Olfactique Physiologique’ (1919) and of many papers on oto-rhino-laryngology. |
Hence ˌotoˌrhinolaˌryngoˈlogical a.; ˌotoˌrhinolarynˈgologist, one who specializes in otorhinolaryngology.
| 1938 W. H. C. Romanis in Rolleston & Moncrieff Mod. Anæsthetic Pract. x. 185 Local anæsthesia..its use in ophthalmic or oto-rhinolaryngological operations. 1948 Brit. Dental Jrnl. LXXXV. 223/1 He had..no history of oto-rhino-laryngological trouble. 1960 Times 3 Mar. 5/2 Then there is ‘otorhinolaryngologist’. No one would wish to charge large fees if he called himself an ear, nose and throat specialist. 1962 Listener 10 May 809/1 Oto-rhinolaryngologists, botanists or X-ray crystallographers. |