51Թ

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ENT

1
  1. Medicine/Medical. ear, nose, and throat.


-ent

2
  1. a suffix, equivalent to -ant, appearing in nouns and adjectives of Latin origin: accident; different.

ENT

1

abbreviation for

  1. ear, nose, and throat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-ent

2

suffix forming adjectives

  1. causing or performing an action or existing in a certain condition; the agent that performs an action

    astringent

    dependent

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ENT1

From Latin -ent- (stem of -ŧԲ ), present participle suffix of conjugations 2 ( -ŧ, as in 󲹲ŧ “to have”), 3 ( -ere, as in ī “to write”), and 4 ( -ī, as in ܻī “to hear”)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ENT1

from Latin -ent-, -ens, present participial ending

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