tai mũi họng
Definition
- Noun (Compound Noun):
- Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT): A medical specialty and a common compound noun referring to the branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the ear, nose, and throat. It is often used as a shorthand for this medical field or the corresponding hospital department.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bác sĩ chuyên khoa tai mũi họng đang khám cho bệnh nhân. (The ENT specialist is examining the patient.)
- Con tôi bị viêm amidan, cần đến phòng khám tai mũi họng. (My child has tonsillitis and needs to go to the ENT clinic.)
- Khoa tai mũi họng ở tầng ba. (The ENT department is on the third floor.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in a medical context. It functions as a fixed, inseparable compound noun in Vietnamese.
Variants and Related Words
Chuyên khoa tai mũi họng (n): ENT specialty.
- Ông ấy học chuyên khoa tai mũi họng. (He studied the ENT specialty.)
Bác sĩ tai mũi họng (n): ENT doctor, otorhinolaryngologist.
- Hãy đặt lịch hẹn với bác sĩ tai mũi họng. (Please make an appointment with the ENT doctor.)
Synonyms
- ENT: The standard English abbreviation for Ear, Nose, and Throat.
- Otorhinolaryngology: The formal medical term for the study and treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders.
Related Idioms
- There are no common idioms specifically using the full compound "tai mũi họng." The individual words (tai, mũi, họng) may appear in various idioms separately.