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

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