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Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.
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Other definitions for ENT (2 of 2)
-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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