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dacrocystorhinostomy

dacrocystorhinostomy is the alternative form of dacryocystorhinostomy.

Meaning of dacryocystorhinostomy

Noun

dacryocystorhinostomy (plural dacryocystorhinostomies, abbreviation DCR)

  1. 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.

Questions about dacrocystorhinostomy

What is dacrocystorhinostomy the alternative form of?
Dacrocystorhinostomy is the alternative form of dacryocystorhinostomy.

Words near dacrocystorhinostomy in the dictionary

  1. Dacquistos
  2. dacquoise
  3. dacquoises
  4. Dacre
  5. Dacres
  6. dacrocystorhinostomy
  7. dacrocyte
  8. dacrocytes
  9. dacrocytosis
  10. dacron
  11. dacrons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dacrocystorhinostomy (page history and authors); dacryocystorhinostomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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