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Definition of Rhinotomy

1. Noun. Surgical procedure in which an incision is made in the nose to drain accumulated pus.

Medical Definition of Rhinotomy

1. 1. Any cutting operation on the nose. 2. 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. Origin: rhino-+ G. Tome, incision, cutting (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Rhinotomy

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

1. Diseases of the throat, nose and ear by Daniel McKenzie (1921)
"Scarcely perceptible Scar of Lateral rhinotomy .... 299 98.—Granular (Edema of the Septum in long-standing Paroxysmal Rhinorrhoea ......... 304 99. ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"Thus, the operation of lateral rhinotomy, which Moure developed and really devised, would appear to be a mutilating and bloody procedure, whereas, ..."

3. Archives of Otology (1905)
"On operative treatment in opening the nasopharynx with rhinotomy and resection. A new procedure to open into the naso-pharynx. Chirurgija, vol. xiv., No. ..."

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