dacryocystorhinotomy

A form of dacryocystorhinostomy — a surgical procedure that creates a new passageway between the lacrimal sac and the nasal cavity to bypass a blockage in the normal tear drainage system, allowing tears to drain properly into the nose.

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Meanings

noundacryocystorhinotomy (countable and uncountable, plural dacryocystorhinotomies)

plural dacryocystorhinotomies

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of dacryocystorhinostomy.

Origin

From dacryocyst + -o- + rhino- + -tomy.

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