Definition of Deviated septum

1. Noun. Abnormal displacement of any wall that separates two chambers (usually in the nasal cavity).

Specialized synonyms: Deviated Nasal Septum
Generic synonyms: Abnormalcy, Abnormality

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deviated Septum

devest
devested
devesting
devests
devexities
devexity
deviance
deviances
deviancies
deviancy
deviants
deviate
deviated
deviated nasal septum
deviated septum (current term)
deviates
deviating
deviation
deviation ratio
deviation to the left
deviation to the right
deviational nystagmus
deviationism
deviationisms
deviationist
deviationists
deviations
deviative
deviator

Literary usage of Deviated septum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1899)
"Bee., NY, 5th February 1898) the result of two hundred operations for deviated septum, performed by Asch's method. At no previous time have deductions been ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"Anterior obstructions may be due to deviated septum, chronic turgescence, growths, operations, dislocation of the triangular cartilage, and flattened alae ..."

3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"By this latter she was treated for atrophic rhinitis and deviated septum. Examination showed a markedly deviated septum to the left, with marked atresia of ..."

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