rhinolith

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/ˈɹaɪnə(ʊ)lɪθ/

noun

A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.

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Meanings

nounrhinolith (plural rhinoliths)

plural rhinoliths

  1. A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity.

    A rhinolith is a mineralized nasal foreign body.

    2002, Gary R. Strange, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, page 467
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    Dr. J. Middlemas Hunt […] describes a case of rhinolith. […]. This proved to be a small nasal calculus, weighing seven grains, and consisting mostly of sequestrum of bone.

    1889, Clinic of the Month, The Practitioner, volume 42, page 242

    Or the nucleus of a rhinolith may be a hardened piece of mucus […]. The symptoms produced by a rhinolith are the same as those caused by any other foreign object […].

    2004, G. H. Quay, A Monograph of Diseases of Nose and Throat, page 83

Origin

From rhino- (“nose”) + -lith (“stone”).

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