Otolaryngology or ENT (ear, nose, and throat) is the branch of medicine and surgery that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the head and neck.
The full name of the specialty is otorhinolaryngology; (neoclassical Greek and modern Greek: ὠτο(ρ)ρινολαρυγγολογία), also includes ῥινο- - rhino- (root of ῥίς) "nose". The term comes from the Classical Greek roots ὠτ- - ot- (root of οὖς) "ear", λαρυγγ- - laryng- (root of λάρυγξ) "l...
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Subdiscipline of:
Associated Diseases or Conditions:
- Oral cancer ,
- Thyroid cancer ,
- Papillary thyroid cancer ,
- Medullary thyroid cancer ,
- Follicular thyroid cancer ,
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer ,
- Throat cancer ,
- Sinusitis ,
- Tonsillitis ,
- Laryngitis
Hospitals with this Specialty:
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary ,
- Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital ,
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary ,
- Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital ,
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital ,
- Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Also known as:
- Otorhinolaryngology,
- ENT
