Definition

1. 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.