Etymology

empty nose syndrome

Today it means: The condition where the nose has been physiologically crippled, typically by excessive surgical removal of turbinates (mainly the inferior turbinates) in a turbinectomy or conchotomy. Full definition →

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The story

Coined by Dr. Eugene Kern.

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