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So I guess tracheology is the study of throats, and tracheaectomy is what werewolves would do.

• stapedium 3y ago
  To make even more confusing, laryngology is the surgical specialty you would go see for a tracheal issue in the neck. (where a trach is performed) And a head and neck surgeon (oncologic surgery) is the one that performs the most laryngectomies. Fricken otolaryngologists…isnt the one name complicated enough.
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  • ahazred8ta 3y ago
    I really get piqued when nobody wants to say chiropraxy. 'Chiropractic' is the effin' adjective form! O:-) FML SMH WARH
    • digging 3y ago
      I for one am grateful that chiropractic was named in a way that openly advertised the lack of medical training, expertise, or science involved.
  • epcoa 3y ago
    Laryngologists are head and neck surgeons, in the US and most commonwealth at least where the general training is “otolaryngology-head and neck surgery”. There is further subspecialization in head and neck for oncologic, reconstructive, and (micro)vascular procedures usually just called “head and neck”, true, which is confusing.
• taneq 3y ago
  And a historical dig site is an archaeotomy. :D