ENT

¹ American  

1. Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.

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-ent ² American  

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

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ENT ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. ear, nose, and throat

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-ent ² British  

suffix

1. causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action

   astringent

   dependent

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Etymology

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”)

Example Sentences

Then the ENT specialist I saw had me sign up for their portal.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

In order to test this novel treatment, six children with DFNB9 were observed over a 26-week period at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

Wax naturally makes its way out of the ear canal, “facilitated by movement of the jaw that occurs during chewing,” he wrote in an explainer for an ENT magazine.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023

Mr Mitchell said long waits for a first appointment were "particularly true in ENT".

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2023

IN SOLV' ENT, one unable to pay his debts.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.