otolaryngology

i thought i'd share snippets from emails i've received about my upcoming electives placement. they were too funny! unfortunately, i don't know how to pronounce the word, since people here just say "ENT". enjoy!

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i thoguht that Otolaryngology was the study of ostriches? no?

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i thought otolarynzxoifu's were extinct!

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Otolaryngology!!!

the first thing you do when you get back to T.O is to teach me how to pronounce that.

i dont even want to know what it means.... i just wanna learn how to say it
lol.

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Otola…what? Hahaha, jk… I’ll google that after I send this reply.

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Otolaryngology is the branch of medicine that specializes in the
diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head & neck
disorders. The full name of the specialty is otolaryngology-head and
neck surgery. Practitioners are called otolaryngologists-head and neck
surgeons, or sometimes otorhinolaryngologists (ORL). A commonly used
term for this speciality, although somewhat out of favor, is ENT (ear,
nose and throat). The term comes from the Greek ωτολαρυγγολογία (oto =
genitive for ear, laryngo = genitive for larynx/throat, logy = study)
and it literally means the study of ear and neck. The full term
ωτορινολαρυγγολογία (otorhinolaryngology), also includes rhino, which
is the genitive of nose.

i had to google it cause i had no idea what it was.

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