ENT

Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.

-ent

a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.

Origin of -ent

< Latin -ent- (stem of -ēns), present participle suffix of conjugations 2, 3, 4

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Examples from the Web for ent

Historical Examples of ent

"Honest, Master Bost, Aye ent mean to stop," he said imploringly.
At Good Old Siwash
George Fitch
Now if you wil-lin', an' ent too lazy an' sassy, we 'll git 'long somehow.
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin
She ent a bad girl—I been watch her close, 'count of the chil'ren; she ent bad.
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin
We got to rememba she ent like you an' me, po' thing; she's one Injun, her.
Bayou Folk
Kate Chopin
I have still the genius, the ent'usiasm, but I have not the training.
The Man Upstairs
P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for ent

ENT

abbreviation for

ear, nose, and throat

-ent

suffix forming adjectives, suffix forming nouns

causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an actionastringent; dependent

Word Origin for -ent

from Latin -ent-, -ens, present participial ending

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Word Origin and History for ent

-ent

word-forming element making adjectives from nouns or verbs, from French -ent and directly from Latin -entem, present participle ending of verbs in -ere/-ire. Old French changed many to -ant but after c.1500 some of these in English were changed back to what was supposed to be correct Latin.

ent in Medicine

ENT

abbr.

ear, nose, and throat