Definition of "otolaryngology" []

• The branch of medicine that deals with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat. Also called otorhinolaryngology. (noun)

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• "If your child has received care from physicians in other specialties such as otolaryngology, gastroenterology, cardiology, pulmonary medicine or neurology, the Airway Center coordinator will ask you to fax the related medical information."
• "There currently are approximately 65 full-time surgeons at Children's Hospital in pediatric general surgery, urology, cardiac surgery, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, orthopedics and neurosurgery."
• "The Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Program of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides residents with complete education in the field of pediatric otolaryngology."