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laryngology
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laryngology /lar·yn·gol·o·gy/ (-gol´ah-je) the branch of medicine dealing with the throat, pharynx, larynx, nasopharynx, and tracheobronchial tree.
lar·yn·gol·o·gy (lrn-gl-j)
n.
The branch of medicine dealing with the study and treatment of disorders of the larynx, pharynx, and fauces.

laryn·golo·gist n.

laryngology
[ler′ing·gol′əjē]
Etymology: Gk, larynx + logos, science
the branch of medicine that specializes in the causes and treatments of disorders of the larynx.

laryngology
that branch of the clinical sciences that has to do with the throat, pharynx, larynx, nasopharynx and tracheobronchial tree.


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