What's the difference between laryngologist and larynx?
Laryngologist
Definition:
(n.) One who applies himself to laryngology.
Example Sentences:
(1) The advent of stroboscopy has proved to be a breakthrough for the laryngologist studying the voice.
(2) In 14 children of them the question of an active procedure was discussed in cooperation of paediatricians, laryngologists and anaesthesiologists.
(3) The article is aimed at laryngologists in general, not surgeons in particular, and has implications for laryngology (being a putative model of diagnostic procedures), physiology (what forces create epilaryngeal configurations?
(4) Detection of an unsuspected minor cleft may be difficult, but the pediatric laryngologist should suspect the possibility of cleft larynx from the clinical features.
(5) The medical control is realised by an oto-rhino-laryngologist.
(6) If there is persistent stridor and aphonia after extubation a laryngologist should be consulted.
(7) Significantly more patients with nasal complex fractures were treated in Bordeaux reflecting management of these injuries by oto-rhino-laryngologists in Bristol.
(8) Cervico-facial carcinology is currently one of the major concerns of oto-rhino-laryngologists.
(9) The laryngologist should consider a nonsquamous neoplasm when the tumor is long-standing, pigmented, covered by intact mucosa, or there is a history of neoplasia.
(10) The role of the pediatric laryngologist has changed.
(11) When observing the vocal fold movements in their laryngoscopic examination, most laryngologists seem to be trained to consider only the gross respiratory movements of the folds, i.e.
(12) Sufficient functional and cosmetic results always need a perfect cooperation between obstetricians, child specialists, oto-rhino-laryngologists, dental- and facial-plastic-surgeons as well as orthodontic-specialists.
(13) The assertion of laryngologists, made while Frederick III was still alive, that the laryngeal carcinoma developed from a specific syphilitic infection is examined here.
(14) In addition to conventional endoscopic operation procedures for vocal fold lateralisation, laser surgery has been used to perform endolaryngeal arytenoidectomy by individual laryngologists during the past few years.
(15) It is stressed that the laryngologist himself must be the photographer.
(16) The diagnosis of laryngeal cancer was made only after it was too late for surgery to have any effect and this delay was due to the differences in opinion between the attending laryngologists; particularly between that of the English physician Morell Mackenzie and the Germans Gehrardt and Bergmann.
(17) No additional important clinical information was gained by the laryngologist's examinations.
(18) The finding of a choristoma may signal a simultaneous occurrence of other lesions of an analogous origin in other localities than that of the bulbus or the orbit, which should lead the ophthalmologist to a complex examination of the patient and an interdisciplinary cooperation with the neurologist, oto-rhino-laryngologist, dermatologist, and others.
(19) A close cooperation between pathologist and laryngologist is necessary.
(20) Cardiovascular disorders during endoscopy of the upper respiratory tract have since long induced anaesthetists and laryngologists to find a suitable anaesthetic procedure.
Larynx
Definition:
(n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(2) The present study examines kinematic details of the laryngeal articulatory gesture in 2 deaf speakers and a control subject using transillumination of the larynx.
(3) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
(4) Although the majority of papillomatous lesions of the oral cavity and the larynx contain papillomavirus DNA sequences, other benign and malignant lesions still remain negative.
(5) Compared to related compounds, N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-acetoxy-propyl)amine which are also pancreatic carcinogens, BOP induced only a few neoplasms of the lung, liver, and kidney and none in the nasal cavity, larynx, and trachea.
(6) The respiratory functions of the oropharynx, larynx, and trachea of normal human fetuses in utero were explored by means of real-time, two-dimensional ultrasonography combined with color-flow and spectral Doppler analysis.
(7) Three hundred sixteen female patients with cancer of the larynx, pharynx, and mouth were examined and the following cancer sites were compared with respect to alcohol and tobacco consumption: oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, epilarynx, lip, and mouth.
(8) Simultaneously a significant decrease of the oxidative activity of serum ceruloplasmin in the individuals with carcinoma of the larynx after a previous surgical treatment was observed.
(10) Hypoxic mixtures introduced into the larynx did not change breathing.
(11) Attacks of HANE, sometimes fatal when involving the larynx may, among other causes, be triggered by the anesthetist's manipulation of the upper airway (tracheal intubation).
(12) When tracheal intubation is essential and mouth opening is less than 25 mm, it is unlikely that the larynx will be visualized by direct laryngoscopy.
(13) To review the physiologic basis for normal and abnormal vagal reflexes arising from the pharynx, larynx, and esophagus, as well as the relevance of vagal reflexes to the pathogenesis of such clinically common cardiorespiratory responses as bradycardia, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, coronary angiospasm, bronchospasm, laryngospasm, prolonged apnea, and singultus (hiccups).
(14) Together with regional and topical anesthesia of the larynx and trachea, this method resulted in stable maternal hemodynamics without resulting in neonatal depression.
(15) The risk for a smoker of developing cancer of the larynx depends on the activity of the enzyme arylhydroxcarbonhydroxylase in his cells.
(16) IR-ACTH, IR-gamma MSH, and IR-beta END were detected in all six pheochromocytomas and all 12 lung tumors (six squamous cell carcinomas, five adenocarcinomas, and one small cell carcinoma) we examined, as well as in a squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx.
(17) Hypoparathyroidism occurs secondary to surgery for carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx in which a total thyroidectomy is required.
(18) Loss of HLA class I antigens was more frequent on basal cell carcinomas and sarcomas and was related to tumour differentiation on larynx carcinoma.
(19) Recent studies have shown the rat larynx to be an important organ in the evaluation of irritancy of inhaled materials.
(20) These pathways affect the following respiratory structures: bronchial smooth muscle; the mucociliary system; the larynx; and the nose.