rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(Greek: nose)
rhinostegosis
Obstruction of a nasal passage.
rhinostenosis
1. Narrowing of a nasal passage.
2. Permanent constriction of the nose or nasal cavity.
2. Permanent constriction of the nose or nasal cavity.
rhinotheca
The horny sheath of the upper jaw in birds.
rhinothrix
A hair, or hairs, growing in the nostril.
rhinotillexomania
Said to be an incorrect-spelling version which is being used in some medical-psychiatric journals because exo is redundant since the Greek tillesthai already means, “to pull out” (based on an older trichotillomania reference).
rhinotillomania
Compulsive nose-picking as a common activity among adolescents.
rhinotomy
1. Any cutting operation on the nose.
2. An operative procedure in which the nose is incised along one side so that it may be turned away to provide full vision of the nasal passages for radical sinus operations.
3. Surgical incision of the nose.
2. An operative procedure in which the nose is incised along one side so that it may be turned away to provide full vision of the nasal passages for radical sinus operations.
3. Surgical incision of the nose.
rhinotracheitis
Inflammation of the nasal cavities and trachea.
rhinoviral
Pertaining to or caused by rhinoviruses.
rhinovirus
Any of a subgroup of the picornaviruses considered to be etiologically associated with the common cold and certain other upper respiratory ailments.
schizorhinal
Said of birds having a single, slit-like, bony nostril opening and in which the anterior border of the nasal bones is deeply cleft.
septorhinoplasty
Combined operation to repair defects or deformities of the nasal septum and of the external nasal pyramid.
teratorhinia
Deformity of the nose of monstrous proportions or shape.
trichorhinophalangeal syndrome
A condition characterized by sparse fine hair, broad nose with a long philtrum, swollen middle phalanges with cone-shaped epiphyses, and growth retardation.
