otolaryngologist
noun
oto·lar·yn·gol·o·gist
ˌō-tō-ˌler-ən-ˈgä-lə-jist 
-ˌla-rən-
plural otolaryngologists
: a physician specializing in otolaryngology
Many doctors, especially ear, nose and throat specialists, called otolaryngologists, are capable of evaluating patients who have impaired or lost smell.—
M. R. Miller
M. R. MillerAdults in their 30s and 40s increasingly are showing up in the offices of the nation's otolaryngologists complaining about problem tonsils, say doctors.—Tara Parker-Pope
Tara Parker-Popecalled also otorhinolaryngologist
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The findings underscore the importance of testing for anosmia and finding treatments, said otolaryngologist Dr. Jonathan Overdevest at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
And Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University who was not involved in the study, adds to Scientific American that these people have a typical sense of taste.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, says that human beings constantly sample the environment for odors.
—Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
You may also be referred to an otolaryngologist, or an ENT (ear, nose, and throat doctor).
—Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
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Linda Carroll, NBC News, 22 Oct. 2024
And Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University who was not involved in the study, adds to Scientific American that these people have a typical sense of taste.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
Zara Patel, an otolaryngologist at Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, says that human beings constantly sample the environment for odors.
—Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
You may also be referred to an otolaryngologist, or an ENT (ear, nose, and throat doctor).
—Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
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otolaryngologist
noun
oto·lar·yn·gol·o·gist
ˌōt-ō-ˌlar-ən-ˈgäl-ə-jəst
: a physician specializing in otolaryngology
called also otorhinolaryngologist
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