laryngology

American  

[lar-ing-gol-uh-jee] / ˌlær ɪŋˈgɒl ə dʒi /

noun

1. the branch of medicine dealing with the larynx.

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laryngology British  

/ ləˌrɪŋɡəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌlærɪŋˈɡɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the larynx and its diseases

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Other Word Forms

• laryngologic adjective
• laryngological adjective
• laryngologically adverb
• laryngologist noun

Etymology

Origin of laryngology

First recorded in 1835–45; laryngo- + -logy

Example Sentences

While touching general medicine at many points, laryngology is also to a large extent an autonomous territory in the great federation of the human organism.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling

This book is one of the pioneering works in laryngology.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

If Garcia was the founder, Czermak was the apostle, of laryngology.

From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling