rhineurynter

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noun

A dilatable bag, inserted into the nostril and inflated to arrest a profuse nosebleed.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounrhineurynter (plural rhineurynters)

plural rhineurynters

  1. archaicmedicineA dilatable bag, inserted into the nostril and inflated to arrest a profuse nosebleed.

    Epistaxis has also been arrested by tamponing the nasal cavity by means of an India-rubber tube, the so-called rhineurynter.

    1897, A text-book of surgery, volume 2
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