rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(Greek: nose)
rhinopharyngolith
A concretion in the rhinopharynx.
rhinophonia
1. A nasal tone in the speaking voice.
2. A nasal twang or quality of voice.
3. Altered speech due to some abnormality of nasal structures; rhinolalia.
rhinophore
A process on the aboral side of the eye of certain molluscs, with supposed olfactory function.
rhinoplasty, rhinoplastic
1. Repair of a defect of the nose with tissue taken from elsewhere.
2. Plastic surgery to change the shape or size of the nose.
3. A plastic surgical operation on the nose, either reconstructive, restorative, or cosmetic.
rhinoplysis
Irrigation of the nose.
rhinopneumonitis
1. Inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and lung in animals.
2. Any of three similar contagious disease of horses, caused by herpes viruses and characterized by rhinitis.
rhinorrhagia
1. Nosebleed; epistaxis (hemorrhage from the nose).
2. Nosebleed, especially a profuse one.
rhinorrhaphy
1. An operation performed by excising a fold of skin from the nose and closing the opening with sutures.
2. A plastic reduction in the size of the nose, in which redundant nasal tissue is removed by section, followed by approximation and suture of the wound edges.
rhinorrhea, rhinorrhoea
1. A discharge from the nasal mucous membrane.
2. Escape of cerebrospinal fluid through the nose.
rhinosalpingitis
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose and eustachian tube.
rhinoschisis
A congenital cleft nose.
rhinoscope, rhinoscopic
1. An instrument for viewing the nose.
2. A small mirror attached at a suitable angle to a rodlike handle, used in posterior rhinoscopy.
rhinoscopy
In medicine, examination of the nose; examination of the nasal passages.
rhinosinusitis
Inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinuses.
rhinosinusopathia
The diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses.
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