otolaryngologist

noun

oto·​lar·​yn·​gol·​o·​gist ˌō-tō-ˌler-ən-ˈgä-lə-jist 

-ˌla-rən-

plural otolaryngologists

: a physician specializing in otolaryngology

Many doctors, especially ear, nose and throat specialists, called otolaryngologists, are capable of evaluating patients who have impaired or lost smell.

—M. R. Miller

Adults in their 30s and 40s increasingly are showing up in the offices of the nation's otolaryngologists complaining about problem tonsils, say doctors.

—Tara Parker-Pope

called also otorhinolaryngologist

Examples of otolaryngologist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Wednesday, Larry Lustig, an otolaryngologist at Columbia University, presented clinical trial data of two children with profound deafness—the most severe type of deafness—who are now able to hear at normal levels after receiving an experimental gene therapy. —Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 10 May 2024

At 19-years-old, Rebecca visited an ophthalmologist and an otolaryngologist, who diagnosed her with Usher syndrome type 3. —Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024

There is no test or scan for tinnitus, and scientists cannot easily study it because the inner ear is tiny, delicate and encased in bone, said Dr. Konstantina Stankovic, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University. —Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024

If hearing loss is detected, the audiologist will probably refer you to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor, or otolaryngologist. —Kristen Fischer, Health, 10 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

otolaryngologist

noun

oto·​lar·​yn·​gol·​o·​gist ˌōt-ō-ˌlar-ən-ˈgäl-ə-jəst 

: a physician specializing in otolaryngology

called also otorhinolaryngologist