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Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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-ent
a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.
Origin of -ent
From Latin -ent- (stem of -ēns ), present participle suffix of conjugations 2 (-ēre, as in habēre “to have”), 3 (-ere, as in scrībere “to write”), and 4 (-īre, as in audīre “to hear”)
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British Dictionary definitions for ENT (1 of 2)
ENT
/ med /
abbreviation for
ear, nose, and throat
British Dictionary definitions for ENT (2 of 2)
-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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Medical definitions for ENT (1 of 2)
ENT
abbr.
ear, nose, and throat
Medical definitions for ENT (2 of 2)
ent-
pref.
Variant ofento-
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