rhino-, rhin-, -rhine, -rrhine, -rhinous, -rrhinous
(Greek: nose)
Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose and eustachian tube.
rhinoschisis
A congenital cleft nose.
rhinoscope
1. An instrument for viewing the nose.
2. A small mirror attached at a suitable angle to a rodlike handle, used in posterior rhinoscopy.
2. A small mirror attached at a suitable angle to a rodlike handle, used in posterior rhinoscopy.
rhinoscopic
rhinoscopy
In medicine, examination of the nose; examination of the nasal passages.
Inflammation of the nose and paranasal sinuses.
The diseases of the nose and paranasal sinuses.
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.
