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

Mucus traps debris, allergens, viruses, and bacteria that go into your airways, Kanwar Kelley, MD, an otolaryngologist and CEO of Side Health in California, told Health. —Korin Miller, Health, 18 Dec. 2024

The findings underscore the importance of testing for anosmia and finding treatments, said otolaryngologist Dr. Jonathan Overdevest at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. —Linda Carroll, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024

And Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University who was not involved in the study, adds to Scientific American that these people have a typical sense of taste. —Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024

Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, says that human beings constantly sample the environment for odors. —Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 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