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Definition of Ozena
1. Noun. A chronic disease of the nose characterized by a foul-smelling nasal discharge and atrophy of nasal structures.
Definition of Ozena
1. n. A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.
Medical Definition of Ozena
1. A disease characterised by intranasal crusting, atrophy, and fetid odour. Origin: G. Ozaina, a fetid polypus, fr. Ozo, to smell (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ozena
Literary usage of Ozena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1882)
"The hypertrophic stage, in these cases of ozena, will have a duration of from
... This duration is the same for scrofulous ozena. In the ozena of which the ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"At the last examination the parts were perfectly free from tuberculous granulations,
and the general health of the patient was excellent. ozena. ..."
3. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"Some investigators look upon the bacilli found in ozena and ... J have succeeded
in differentiating the bacilli of ozena and ..."
4. Manual of Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat by John Johnson Kyle (1911)
"ozena is considered a symptom rather than a disease, and is characterized by an
offensive odor which takes its origin within the nasal cavity. Etiology. ..."
5. Electricity in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Nose, Throat by William Scheppegrell (1898)
"OzENA (Fetid Atrophie Rhinitis). OF the ordinary diseases of the nose, there is
none which is more disagreeable in its effects and more resistant to ..."
6. Therapeutics of the Respiratory Organs by François Cartier (1919)
"ozena. ozena is to-day considered a special affection of microbic origin, ...
The vile odor of ozena resides in the crusts; proof of this being that the ..."
7. Youatt on the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse with Their Remedies by William Youatt, William Charles Spooner, Henry Stephens Randall (1857)
"Turning into a salt marsh will occasionally effect a cure, when both the mineral
and the vegetable tonics have failed.* ozena. ozena is ulceration of the ..."
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