otolaryngology

What does otolaryngology mean?

otolaryngology means "the medical specialty that deals with diseases of the ear, nose and throat".

How many syllables are in otolaryngology?

otolaryngology has 7 syllables and divides as o-to-la-ryn-go-lo-gy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for otolaryngology?

Close synonyms include rhinolaryngology, otorhinolaryngology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is otolaryngology a common word?

otolaryngology is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for otolaryngology come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.