otorhinolaryngological

[ oh-toh-rahy-noh-luh-ring-guh-loj-i-kuhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the medical practice involving the ear, nose, and throat.

Word History and Origins

Origin of otorhinolaryngological¹

oto- + rhino- + laryngology + -ical

Example Sentences

In this case, you can lead an English literary wannabe to irony but you can’t make him get it,” said the American novelist, after winning for a passage in I Am Charlotte Simmons that included the line “slither slither slither slither went the tongue, but the hand that was what she tried to concentrate on, the hand, since it has the entire terrain of her torso to explore and not just the otorhinolaryngological caverns”.

From The Guardian