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empty nose syndrome

empty nose syndrome noun: 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.

Noun

empty nose syndrome (uncountable)

  1. 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.

Origin of empty nose syndrome

Coined by Dr. Eugene Kern.

Questions about empty nose syndrome

What does empty nose syndrome mean?
Empty nose syndrome 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.
What part of speech is empty nose syndrome?
Empty nose syndrome is a noun.

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